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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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: | deserter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fugitive from responsibility |
| Synonyms: | AWOL, absconder, apostate, backslider, betrayer, criminal, defector, delinquent, derelict, escapee, escaper, hookey player, lawbreaker, maroon, no-show, recreant, refugee, renegade, runaway, shirker, slacker, traitor, truant |
| Main Entry: | desperado |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal |
| Synonyms: | bandit, convict, cutthroat, gangster, hoodlum, lawbreaker, mugger, outlaw, ruffian, thug |
| 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: | felon |
| 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: | 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: | runaway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is trying to escape |
| Synonyms: | absconder, delinquent, deserter, escapee, escaper, fugitive, lawbreaker, maroon, offender, truant, wanted person |
| Main Entry: | public enemy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | common enemy |
| Synonyms: | criminal, felon, gangster, lawbreaker, malevolent, outlaw, perpetrator, public enemy number one, racketeer, scofflaw, universal foe, villain |
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