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offender
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perpetrator |
| Synonyms: | con*, convict, criminal, crook, culprit, delinquent, felon, guilty party, guilty person, jailbird, lawbreaker, malefactor, sinner, suspect, transgressor, wrongdoer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | refute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prove false; discredit |
| Synonyms: | abnegate, argue against, blow sky high, break, burn, burn down, cancel, cancel out, confute, contend, contradict, contravene, convict, counter, crush, debate, demolish, disclaim, disconfirm, dispose of, disprove, dispute, evert, explode, expose, gainsay, give the lie to, give thumbs down to, invalidate, negate, oppose, overthrow, parry, quash, rebut, reply to, repudiate, shoot down, shoot full of holes, show up, silence, squelch, take a stand against, tear down, top* |
| Notes: | deny means to declare untrue or refuse to accept or believe or to refuse to recognize or acknowledge; refute means to prove to be false, wrong, or incorrect to rebut a statement is to offer clear evidence or a reasoned argument against it; to refute a statement is to prove it wrong (neither means 'contradict' or 'deny') refute means 'to show conclusively to be false or illogical' and applies primarily to assertions or arguments; confute means 'to prove wrong' and applies primarily to the person or agency making the assertion or argument |
| Antonyms: | endorse, prove, ratify, sanction, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sentence |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decide punishment |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, adjudicate, blame, condemn, confine, convict, damn, denounce, devote, doom, impound, imprison, incarcerate, jail, judge, mete out, ordain, pass judgment, penalize, proscribe, punish, put away, put on ice, railroad, rule, send to prison, send up the river, settle, take the fall, throw the book at |
| Antonyms: | accuse, blame, charge |
| Main Entry: | show up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expose, embarrass |
| Synonyms: | belittle, convict, debunk, defeat, discover, discredit, highlight, invalidate, lay bare, let down, mortify, pinpoint, put spotlight on, put to shame, reveal, shame, show in bad light, uncloak, undress, unmask, unshroud, worst |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, secrete |
| Main Entry: | inmate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | patient |
| Synonyms: | convict, internee, jailbird, prisoner |
| Main Entry: | malefactor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal |
| Synonyms: | bad egg, black sheep, con, convict, culprit, delinquent, evildoer, felon, hellhound, hoodlum, jailbird, lawbreaker, outcast, outlaw, prisoner, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, rounder, rowdy*, ruffian, scamp, scoundrel, sinner, thug, transgressor, varlet, villain, wretch, wrongdoer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | malefactor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wrongdoer |
| Synonyms: | convict, criminal, culprit, delinquent, felon, knave, offender, rascal, scoundrel, villain |
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| Main Entry: | prisoner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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carceral, imprisoned, in chains, in charge, in custody, in durance vile, in limbo, in prison, in quod, on parole, under hatches, under lock and key
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| Concept: | Prisoner. |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
prisoner, captive, detenu, close prisoner., jail bird, ticket of leave man, chevronne.
-verbs
stand committed; be imprisoned.
-adjectives
imprisoned; in prison, in quod, in durance vile, in limbo, in custody, in charge, in chains; under lock and key, under hatches; on parole.
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| Antonyms: | keeper |
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