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criminal - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime |
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felon,
crook,
outlaw,
malefactor |
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principal the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account
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accessary,
accessory a supplementary component that improves capability
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arsonist,
firebug,
incendiary a criminal who illegally sets fire to property
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blackmailer,
extortioner,
extortionist a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
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bootlegger,
moonshiner someone who makes or sells illegal liquor
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briber,
suborner someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act
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coconspirator,
conspirator,
machinator,
plotter a member of a conspiracy
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desperado,
desperate criminal a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)
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fugitive,
fugitive from justice someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
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gangster,
mobster a criminal who is a member of gang
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highbinder a corrupt politician
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highjacker,
hijacker a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
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goon,
hood,
hoodlum,
punk,
strong-armer,
thug,
tough,
toughie (zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal
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gaolbird,
jailbird,
jail bird a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly
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abductor,
kidnaper,
kidnapper,
snatcher a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line
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mafioso a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States
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gangster's moll,
gun moll,
moll the girlfriend of a gangster
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liquidator,
manslayer,
murderer (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties
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parolee,
probationer someone released on probation or on parole
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drug dealer,
drug peddler,
drug trafficker,
peddler,
pusher someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
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racketeer someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)
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raper,
rapist someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse
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habitual criminal,
recidivist,
repeater someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
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scofflaw one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses
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contrabandist,
moon-curser,
moon curser,
runner,
smuggler fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
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stealer,
thief a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
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traitor,
treasonist someone who betrays his country by committing treason
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lawbreaker,
law offender,
violator someone who assaults others sexually
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criminal - involving or being or having the nature of a crime; "a criminal offense"; "criminal abuse"; "felonious intent" |
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felonious |
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illegal prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules; "an illegal chess move"
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criminal - guilty of crime or serious offense; "criminal in the sight of God and man" |
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guilty showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater
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