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Revenge

object or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object and a preposition before the wrong done or the wrongdoer

Offender

One who offends one who violates any law divine or human a wrongdoer

tortfeasor

tortfeasor [Anglo-French tortfesor wrongdoer, from tort wrong + fesor faisour doer, maker, from Old French, from fais-, stem of faire to do,

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penalty

penalty pl: -ties 1 : a punishment that is imposed on a wrongdoer by statute or judicial decision 2 : a pecuniary sum that by agreement is to be paid by

intent

harm is accidentally inflicted on an unintended victim 2 : a doctrine in tort and criminal law: a wrongdoer who causes harm to a person other than the one intended may nevertheless be held to have intended

concerted

agreed upon [the pursuit of lawful…ends "L. H. Tribe"] 2 : acting together toward a common end [ wrongdoers]

Contribution

of one be taken by fi. fa. For the whole amount of judgment. There was no contribution among wrongdoers, Merryweather v. Nixan, (1799) 8 TR 186; 2 Sm LC, unless the person seeking contribution did not know

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