criminal

criminal
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. offender, malefactor, felon, sinner, culprit, convict. See illegality, evildoer. — adj. illegal, unlawful, felonious.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. unlawful, felonious, illegal, wrongful; see illegal , wicked 1 , 2 .
n.
Syn. lawbreaker, convict, malefactor, felon, crook*, hardened criminal, underworld character, evildoer, sinner, culprit, offender, perpetrator, perp*, outlaw, fugitive, public enemy, desperado, hoodlum, gangster, wrongdoer, delinquent, transgressor, miscreant, recidivist, mobster*, scofflaw*.
Criminals include: traitor, murderer, manslayer, assassin, blackmailer, black marketeer, killer, rapist, molester, thug, gangster, raider, burglar, safecracker, quitting-business promoter, racketeer, swindler, clip artist, griffer, confidence man*, con man*, thief, robber, outlaw, highway man, bandit, sneak thief, cat burglar, second-story man, cattle thief*, rustler*, horse thief, pickpocket, grafter, arsonist, counterfeiter, forger, check artist*, smuggler, buccaneer, extortionist, embezzler, kiDNApper, mugger, gunman, trigger man, hit man, torpedo plugger, accomplice*, ringer*, stooge*, briber*, fixer*, absconder, convict, con*, dope peddler, drug dealer, pusher*.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
lawbreaker, outlaw, felon, convict, crook, *hood, larcenist, culprit, desperado, mafioso, scofflaw, recidivist. ''A person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation.''—Howard Scott.
II
a.
1. illegal unlawful, illicit, felonious, illegitimate, *shady, crooked, larcenous, homicidal. see court, law (2.) villainous wicked, evil, nefarious, degenerate, corrupt, errant.
ANT.: 1. legal, legitimate. 2. pure, unblemished
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective Of, involving, or being a crime: illegal, illegitimate, illicit, lawless, unlawful, wrongful. See CRIMES. II noun One who commits a crime: lawbreaker, malefactor, offender. Law: felon. See CRIMES.

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