Synonyms for criminal

unlawful, felonious, illegal, wrongful; see illegal, wicked 1, 2.

lawbreaker, convict, malefactor, felon, crook*, hardened criminal, underworld character, evildoer, sinner, culprit, offender, perpetrator, perp*, outlaw, fugitive, public enemy, desperado, hoodlum, gangster, wrongdoer, delinquent, transgressor, miscreant, recidivist, mobster*, scofflaw*.

Criminals include: traitor, murderer, manslayer, assassin, blackmailer, black marketeer, killer, rapist, molester, thug, gangster, raider, burglar, safecracker, quitting-business promoter, racketeer, swindler, clip artist, griffer, confidence man*, con man*, thief, robber, outlaw, highway man, bandit, sneak thief, cat burglar, second-story man, cattle thief*, rustler*, horse thief, pickpocket, grafter, arsonist, counterfeiter, forger, check artist*, smuggler, buccaneer, extortionist, embezzler, kidnapper, mugger, gunman, trigger man, hit man, torpedo plugger, accomplice*, ringer*, stooge*, briber*, fixer*, absconder, convict, con*, dope peddler, drug dealer, pusher*.