wrongdo

To do something wrong; to break a rule or offend.

Verb

  1. To do something wrong; to break a rule or offend.
    • Some offenders were called to judgment where offences were technical and unaccompanied by any intention to wrongdo, whereas hardened offenders were sometimes let off with less than their deserts. - 1923, New York...
    • To overdo can be as hard on allergies as to wrongdo, so you'll not want to take on too many activities at once. - 1958, Your Allergy and You:
    • As in society as a whole, the masses have to suffer because of the wrongdoings or the willingness to wrongdo of the few. - 1980, United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging, Medicare Oversight:

Origin

From wrong + do.

Forms

wrongdoes wrongdoing wrongdid wrongdone