criminal
/krˈɪmʌnʌl/
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Definitions
Adjective Satellite
bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"
Adjective Satellite
guilty of crime or serious offense; "criminal in the sight of God and man"
Adjective Satellite
involving or being or having the nature of a crime; "a criminal offense"; "criminal abuse"; "felonious intent"
Noun
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
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abductor
accessary
accessory
arsonist
blackmailer
bootlegger
briber
coconspirator
conspirator
contrabandist
desperado
desperate criminal
drug dealer
drug peddler
drug trafficker
extortioner
extortionist
firebug
fugitive
fugitive from justice
gangster
gangster''s moll
gaolbird
goon
gun moll
habitual criminal
highbinder
highjacker
hijacker
hood
hoodlum
incendiary
jail bird
jailbird
kidnaper
kidnapper
law offender
lawbreaker
liquidator
machinator
mafioso
manslayer
mobster
moll
moon curser
moon-curser
moonshiner
murderer
parolee
peddler
plotter
probationer
punk
pusher
racketeer
raper
rapist
recidivist
repeater
runner
scofflaw
smuggler
snatcher
stealer
strong-armer
suborner
thief
thug
tough
toughie
traitor
treasonist
violator