jailbird [jeyl-burd]
Main Entry:
convict [v., adj. kuhn-vikt; n. kon-vikt]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: criminal
Synonyms: captive, con, culprit, felon, jailbird, long-termer, loser*, malefactor, prisoner, repeater
Antonyms: victim
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
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
Main Entry: felon
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: criminal
Synonyms: con, convict, delinquent, ex-con, jailbird, lawbreaker, lifer, loser*, malefactor, offender, outlaw, yardbird
Antonyms: police
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
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
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
Main Entry: prisoner
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person jailed for crime; person kept against his or her will
Synonyms: captive, chain gang member, con, convict, culprit, detainee, hostage, internee, jailbird, lag*, lifer, loser*, tough*, yardbird
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