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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal |
| Synonyms: | con, convict, delinquent, ex-con, jailbird, lawbreaker, lifer, loser*, malefactor, offender, outlaw, yardbird |
| Antonyms: | police |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | culprit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person responsible for wrongdoing |
| Synonyms: | con, convict, criminal, delinquent, evildoer, ex-con, felon, fugitive, guilty party, jailbird, malefactor, miscreant, offender, rascal, sinner, transgressor, wrongdoer, yardbird |
Example Sentences
- The theory is that the felon set in motion events resulting in the death.
- Across town, a known felon barricades himself inside his.
- My best friend turned out to be a felon later in life.
| 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: | evildoer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wrongdoer |
| Synonyms: | bad person, criminal, devil, evil person, felon, gangster, lawbreaker, murderer, psychopath, sinner, sociopath, troublemaker, villain |
| Main Entry: | lawbreaker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal |
| Synonyms: | black marketeer, blackmailer, con, convict, crook, culprit, delinquent, felon, fugitive, gangster, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, jailbird, malefactor, mobster, offender, outlaw, racketeer, scofflaw |
| Main Entry: | miscreant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is very bad, immoral |
| Synonyms: | black sheep, blackguard, bootlegger, bully, cad, caitiff, convict, criminal, culprit, delinquent, drunkard, evildoer, felon, fink, heel, hoodlum, jailbird, loafer, louse, lowlife, malefactor, outcast, outlaw, pickpocket, racketeer, rapscallion, rascal, rat, reprobate, rowdy, ruffian, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, scum*, sinner, sneak, vagabond, villain, wretch, wrongdoer |
| Antonyms: | goody-goody |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | offender |
| 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: | rascal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is unprincipled, does not work hard |
| Synonyms: | beggar, black sheep, blackguard, bully, bum, cad, cardsharp, charlatan, cheat, delinquent, devil, disgrace, felon, fraud, good-for-nothing, grafter, hooligan*, hypocrite, idler, imp, liar, loafer, mischief-maker, miscreant, opportunist, pretender, prodigal, profligate, recreant, reprobate, robber, rowdy, ruffian, scamp, scoundrel, sinner, skunk, sneak*, swindler, tough*, tramp, trickster, varmint, villain, wastrel, wretch |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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