| Noun | 1. | wrongdoer - a person who transgresses moral or civil lawconvict - a person who has been convicted of a criminal offence ganef, ganof, gonif, goniff - (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse) transgressor - someone who transgresses; someone who violates a law or command; "the way of transgressors is hard" molester - someone who subjects others to unwanted or improper sexual activities shark - a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest pettifogger, shyster - a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods supplanter, usurper - one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another war criminal - an offender who violates international law during times of war | |