as in criminal
a person who commits moral wrongs among history's imperial immoralists, few can compare with the Roman emperor Caligula

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Noun
  • In the film, Martin Lawrence plays an FBI agent who has to go undercover as a larger-than-life grandma — the eponymous Big Momma — to track down an escaped criminal.
    William Earl, Variety, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Malik revealed that his goal was to practice law, specifically focusing on criminal law and personal injury and criminal.
    Francesca Gariano, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • As previously announced, Robert Downey Jr. will be back as the villain Doctor Doom instead of Iron Man.
    Michaela Zee, Variety, 26 Mar. 2025
  • There are no villains or scary scenes in this gentle story about a young witch finding her way in the world.
    Anna Earl, Parents, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Unlike in the Inferno, in which Dante meets many monologuing sinners, each vividly portrayed, McCrae’s narrator encounters conspicuously few.
    Elisa Gonzalez, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
  • To the very end, King—an imperfect man and sinner, as all Christians are—did what he was called to do: preach and teach Jesus Christ's radical message of love.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • While revoking an Oscar is practically unheard of (the only instance dates back to 1969, when Young Americans briefly held the Best Documentary Feature title before it was disqualified over an eligibility technicality), the Academy has found other ways to reprimand Tinseltown's wrongdoers.
    James Mercadante, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2025
  • The promise of criminal prosecution of a person responsible for such a death may seem righteous and like an effective deterrent against future wrongdoers.
    Michael Abrams, Baltimore Sun, 17 Feb. 2025
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“Immoralist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immoralist. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.

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