1. A person who commits wicked or harmful acts
   "Many religions have harsh punishments for sinners";
   - evildoer
    
2. A person who transgresses religious law
   "The preacher urged sinners to repent"
    
3. [informal] A person engaging in behaviour considered wrong or unacceptable, often used playfully
   "You ate the last cookie, you sinner!"

Derived forms: sinners

Type of: offender, wrongdoer

Encyclopedia: Sinner, Jannik