wrongdoer

«wrongdoer» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who does something bad or against the law — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a wrongdoer, wrongdoers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A wrongdoer is a person who does something bad or against the law. tree →

2) (Bible, formal) In older and church language, wrongdoers are sinners — people who do wrong in God's eyes. tree →

sense in the lessons

In news and law, wrongdoers are punished or must make amends; in ethics lessons pupils ask how to treat wrongdoers fairly — punishment, forgiveness, or a second chance. In stories the hero catches the wrongdoer. It is a slightly formal word; children more often say "the bad guy" or "the person who did it". Phrases: punish the wrongdoer, bring wrongdoers to justice.

examples

• The police wanted to find the wrongdoer quickly. tree →
• The judge said wrongdoers must pay for the damage. tree →
• In the story, the knight chased the wrongdoer through the forest. tree →
• Jesus ate with sinners and wrongdoers. tree →
• Our teacher said the wrongdoer should own up. tree →
• Should a wrongdoer always be punished, or sometimes forgiven? tree →

note

Countable; one word. Made from "wrong + do + er". Verb phrase: do wrong (did wrong). Formal; in law the usual word is "offender" or "criminal".

In the corpora

• If someone is in danger or being hurt, you should go straight to a trusted adult rather than talking to the wrongdoer first.
• Punishment can protect people, show that a wrong was serious and help the wrongdoer change.
• Restorative justice brings the wrongdoer and the person harmed together to put things right.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «wrongdoer» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.