Another word for criminal
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Adjective
Of, involving, or being a crime
- Wrong or unjust:
- Unlawful:
- Not lawful; illegal.
- Contrary to accepted morality or convention; illicit.
- Unrestrained by law; unruly:
- Contrary to the law; unlawful:
- Not governed by law:
- Not sanctioned by custom or law; improper or unlawful.
- Improperly formed; ungrammatical.
- Being against established or accepted rules and standards:
- Being against the law; illegal:
- Not valid or defensible:
- Prohibited by law.
- Prohibited by official rules:
- Unacceptable to or not performable by a computer:
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Noun
One who commits a crime
- One who has committed a felony.
- An evil person.
- Evil; cruel.
- One who gives or causes offense.
- A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.
- One who has committed a crime; a criminal.
- A wrongdoer or evildoer.
- One who breaks the law.
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Another word for criminal
Modifier
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- Wrong or unjust:
- Unlawful:
- Prohibited by law.
- Prohibited by official rules:
- Unacceptable to or not performable by a computer:
- Having the nature of, relating to, or concerning a felony:
- Evil; wicked.
- Not lawful; illegal.
- Contrary to accepted morality or convention; illicit.
Noun
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- One who habitually violates laws, especially laws that do not involve serious criminal offenses.
- A member of a criminal gang or crime syndicate.
- One who commits a second (or higher numbered) crime; a repeat offender; a habitual criminal. Such a person is usually subject to extended confinement under habitual criminal statutes. See also criminal. One who commits a second (or higher numbered) crime; a repeat offender; a habitual criminal. Such a person is usually subject to extended confinement under habitual criminal statutes. See also criminal.
- One who behaves badly, often by breaking rules of conduct or the law.
- One who does not believe in a certain religion; an infidel or heretic.
- Someone who transgresses.
- Failing to do what law or duty requires.
- Overdue in payment:
- A juvenile delinquent.
- One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically.
- A member of an organized group of criminals; a racketeer.
- A member of a gang of delinquents.
- A gangster; a thug.
- A tough, often aggressive or violent youth.
- A bold or desperate outlaw, especially of the American frontier.
- a government with which one's country is at war
- a hardened criminal or other person who is a menace to society
- Running away or fleeing, as from the law.
- Of or relating to fugitives:
- Lasting only a short time; fleeting:
- A fugitive from the law.
- A habitual criminal.
- A rebel; a nonconformist:
- One who perpetrates or is accused of perpetrating a crime.
- One who perpetrates; especially, one who commits an offence or crime.
- One who gives or causes offense.
- A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.
- One charged with an offense or crime.
- One guilty of a fault or crime.
- One who sins or does wrong; a transgressor.
- A scamp.
- One that performs evil acts.
- An implement or tool, such as a bishop's crosier or a shepherd's staff, with a bent or curved part.
- A part that is curved or bent like a hook.
- A curve or bend; a turn:
- One who has committed a felony.
- An evil person.
- Evil; cruel.
- One who has committed a crime; a criminal.
- A wrongdoer or evildoer.
- To find or prove (someone) guilty of an offense or crime, especially by the verdict of a court:
- To show or declare to be blameworthy; condemn:
- To make aware of one's sinfulness or guilt.
- One who breaks the law.
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