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desperadoes
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal |
| Synonyms: | bandit, convict, cutthroat, gangster, hoodlum, lawbreaker, mugger, outlaw, ruffian, thug |
| Main Entry: | criminal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who breaks the law |
| Synonyms: | bad actor, black marketeer, blackmailer, con, convict, crook, culprit, delinquent, desperado, deuce, evildoer, ex-con, felon, fugitive, gangster, guerilla, heavy*, hood, hoodlum, hooligan*, hustler, inside person, jailbird, lawbreaker, malefactor, mobster, mug, muscle*, offender, outlaw, racketeer, repeater, scofflaw, sinner, slippery eel, thug*, transgressor, trespasser, wrongdoer, yardbird |
| Antonyms: | law, police |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | delinquent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal, often young |
| Synonyms: | JD, behind, black sheep, blackguard, culprit, dawdler, deadbeat, deadhead, debtor, defaulter, derelict, desperado, evader, fallen angel, felon, hoodlum, jailbird, juvenile delinquent, juvie, lawbreaker, loafer, lounger, malefactor, miscreant, neglecter, no show, offender, outlaw, punk*, recreant, reprobate, sinner, wrongdoer, young offender |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gangster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person involved in illegal activities |
| Synonyms: | Mafioso, bandit, bruiser, criminal, crook, dealer, desperado, goon, hit person, hood, hoodlum, hooligan*, member of the family, mobster, pusher, racketeer, robber, ruffian, soldier*, thug, tough |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outlaw |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is running from the law |
| Synonyms: | bandit, brigand, con, criminal, crook, desperado, drifter, ex-con, fugitive, gangster, gunslinger, hood, hoodlum, hooligan*, jailbird, marauder, mobster, mug, outcast, pariah, racketeer, robber, wrong number |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | robber |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who steals |
| Synonyms: | bandit, brigand, buccaneer, burglar, cardsharper, cat burglar, cattle thief, cheat*, chiseler, con artist, corsair, crook, desperado, despoiler, fence, forager, fraud, grafter, hijacker, holdup artist, housebreaker, looter, marauder, mugger, operator, pickpocket, pilferer, pillager, pirate, plunderer, prowler, punk*, raider, rustler, safecracker, sandbagger, second-story operator, shoplifter, stealer, stickup, swindler, thief, thug |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | highwayman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | robber |
| Synonyms: | bandit, brigand, criminal, crook, desperado, footpad, outlaw, rider, road agent, thief |
| Main Entry: | brigand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hoodlum |
| Synonyms: | bandit, desperado, footpad, freebooter, highwayman, marauder, outlaw, pillager, pirate, robber, soldier, thief |
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