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criminal
adjective as in lawless, felonious
Strongest matches
corrupt, deplorable, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, scandalous, senseless, unlawful, vicious
Weak matches
caught, crooked, culpable, dirty, hung up, indictable, iniquitous, nefarious, off base, out of line, peccant, shady, smoking gun, unrighteous, villainous, wicked
noun as in person who breaks the law
Strongest matches
convict, crook, culprit, felon, fugitive, gangster, hoodlum, hooligan, lawbreaker, mobster, offender, thug
Strong matches
bad guy, bad person, baddie, baddy, blackmailer, con, delinquent, desperado, deuce, evildoer, guerrilla, heavy, hood, hustler, jailbird, malefactor, mug, muscle, outlaw, racketeer, repeater, scofflaw, sinner, transgressor, trespasser, wrongdoer, yardbird
Weak matches
bad actor, black marketeer, ex-con, inside person, slippery eel
Example Sentences
The ruling may force the justice department to find a new prosecutor to supervise federal criminal cases in New Jersey.
Mozambique and Switzerland brought criminal and civil proceedings, and in 2021 Credit Suisse paid $475 million to settle charges that it defrauded some investors in the debt deals.
The accident, which spawned congressional hearings, litigation and a criminal probe, galvanized opponents of nuclear power.
A local Fox News affiliate identified the suspect as Hector Gomez, but a criminal complaint makes no mention of shooting at agents.
In October, the FBI issued a memo urging agents to show their identification when they are out in public, after a string of incidents that included masked criminals posing as immigration agents.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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