Criminal synonyms
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A government with which one's country is at war
A wild, lawless person, often a member of a gang of criminals
A member of an organized group of criminals; a racketeer.
(Archaic) A person living with others in the same building
crimes (related)
Plural form of crime
(Law) Having the nature of, relating to, or concerning a felony:
Wrong or unjust:
A person serving a sentence in prison
A wrongdoer or evildoer.
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).
hardened criminal
underworld character
perpetrator
One who perpetrates; especially, one who commits an offence or crime.
perp
(Slang, law enforcement) Perpetrator.
A person who flees, especially from a legal process, persecution, or danger.
One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically.
A delinquent person; esp., a juvenile delinquent
Someone who transgresses.
One who behaves badly, often by breaking rules of conduct or the law.
A member of a criminal gang or crime syndicate.
righteous (antonym)
Moral and virtuous, suggesting sanctimonious
(Botany) Involving the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers.
scofflaw
An iconoclast.
wicked (related)
Evil or immoral:
The act or an instance of conning; swindle; trick
criminaloid
Hood means a head covering attached to a jacket or shirt.
A person who has been convicted a number of times for violating the law
A reprehensible person; a villain.
One of a group of professional criminals, devotees of Kali, who robbed and murdered travelers in northern India until the mid-1800s.
legal (antonym)
The definition of legal is something connected to law or a government’s system of rules.
lawful (antonym)
In conformity with the principles of the law; permitted by law
right (antonym)
In or into a satisfactory state or condition:
correct (antonym)
Conforming to standards; proper:
moral (antonym)
Of or concerned with the judgment of right or wrong of human action and character:
innocent (antonym)
The definition of an innocent is a person free from wrongdoing, guilt or evil.
law-abiding citizen (antonym)
lawbreaker
police (antonym)
The cleaning of a military base or other military area:
law (antonym)
An impromptu or extralegal system of justice substituted for established judicial procedure:
civil (related)
Sufficiently observing or befitting accepted social usages; polite:
Not sanctioned by custom or law; improper or unlawful.
Prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law; see illegal).
Deserving of condemnation
Extremely violent or injurious; cruel:
The definition of a crook is a bend in something.
The definition of an outlaw is a person who has broken the law and is on the run or wanted.
malefactory
One that performs evil acts.
One who sins or does wrong; a transgressor.
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