Criminal synonyms and antonyms

krĭm'ə-nəl

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public-enemy
A government with which one's country is at war
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fugitive
A person who flees, especially from a legal process, persecution, or danger.
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culprit
The person or thing at fault for a problem or crime.
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hoodlum
A wild, lawless person, often a member of a gang of criminals
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convict
A person serving a sentence in prison
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miscreant
One who behaves badly, often by breaking rules of conduct or the law.
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mobster
A member of a criminal gang or crime syndicate.
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gangster
A member of an organized group of criminals; a racketeer.
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crimes (related)
Plural form of crime
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felonious
(Law) Having the nature of, relating to, or concerning a felony:
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malefactor
A wrongdoer or evildoer.
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felon
The definition of a felon is a person who has been convicted of a felony (a serious crime for which the penalty is normally one or more years of incarceration).
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delinquent
A delinquent person; esp., a juvenile delinquent
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recidivist
One who falls back into prior habits, especially criminal habits; a repeat offender.
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inmate
(Archaic) A person living with others in the same building
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moral (antonym)
Of or concerned with the judgment of right or wrong of human action and character:
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perpetrator
One who perpetrates; especially, one who commits an offence or crime.
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perp
(Slang, law enforcement) Perpetrator.
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wrongdoer
One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically.
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transgressor
Someone who transgresses.
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scofflaw
An iconoclast.
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criminaloid
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illegitimate
(Botany) Involving the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers.
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underworld character
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hardened criminal
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illegal
Forbidden by established rules.
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wrongful
Wrong or unjust:
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desperado
A bold outlaw, especially one from southern portions of the Wild West.
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righteous (antonym)
Moral and virtuous, suggesting sanctimonious
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illicit
Not sanctioned by custom or law; improper or unlawful.
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vicious
Extremely violent or injurious; cruel:
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malefactory
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wicked (related)
Evil or immoral:
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con
The act or an instance of conning; swindle; trick
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culpable
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guilty
(Law) A plea by a defendant who does not contest a charge.
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lawless
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lawbreaker
One who breaks (violates) the law, a criminal.
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condemnable
Deserving of condemnation
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deplorable
Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad.
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reprehensible
Deserving rebuke or censure:
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prosecution (related)
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money laundering (related)
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crime (related)
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fraud (related)
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war-crimes (related)
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non-criminal (related)
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homicide (related)
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offender (related)
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racketeering (related)
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felony (related)
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criminal law (related)
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sinner
One who sins or does wrong; a transgressor.
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law-abiding citizen (antonym)
lawbreaker
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crook
(Informal) A person who steals or cheats; swindler or thief
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outlaw
(Historical) A person declared by a court of law to be deprived of legal rights and protection, generally for the commission of some crime: the killing of such a person was not a legal offense
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corrupt
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hood
Hood means a head covering attached to a jacket or shirt.
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jailbird
A prisoner or an ex-prisoner
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repeater
A person who has been convicted a number of times for violating the law
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thug
One of a group of professional criminals, devotees of Kali, who robbed and murdered travelers in northern India until the mid-1800s.
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legal (antonym)
The definition of legal is something connected to law or a government’s system of rules.
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lawful (antonym)
In conformity with the principles of the law; permitted by law
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police (antonym)
The cleaning of a military base or other military area:
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law (antonym)
An impromptu or extralegal system of justice substituted for established judicial procedure:
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civil (related)
Sufficiently observing or befitting accepted social usages; polite:
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unlawful
Prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law; see illegal).
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innocent (antonym)
The definition of an innocent is a person free from wrongdoing, guilt or evil.
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evildoer
One that performs evil acts.
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right (antonym)
In or into a satisfactory state or condition:
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correct (antonym)
Conforming to standards; proper:
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  • I don't want some dangerous criminal living next door.

  • The criminal must be taken in the act, e.g.

  • His brother was brought in and finally confessed, professing he had no knowledge of Jude's criminal activities.

  • How could you let a little girl be alone with a convicted criminal long enough to be kidnapped?

  • I feel like a criminal driving over these beautiful plants and flowers.

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