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| Main Entry: | bandit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thief |
| Synonyms: | brigand, criminal, crook, desperado, forager, gangster, gunperson, highwayperson, hijacker, holdup person, hooligan, marauder, mobster, outlaw, pillager, pirate, plunderer, racketeer, raider, ravager, robber, villain |
| Antonyms: | law, police |
| 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: | crook |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal, thief |
| Synonyms: | cheat, filcher, knave, pilferer, purloiner, racketeer, robber, rogue, scoundrel, shark, shyster, swindler, villain |
| Antonyms: | law, police |
| Main Entry: | fraud |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is false, deceitful |
| Synonyms: | bastard, bluffer, charlatan, cheat, counterfeit, crook, deceiver, double-dealer, fake, forger, four-flusher, hoaxer, horse trader, impostor, mechanic, mountebank, phony, play actor, pretender, quack, racketeer, sham*, shark, swindler |
* = 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: | 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: | mobster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gangster |
| Synonyms: | Mafioso, criminal, crook, godfather, goon, gunman/ woman, hit man/woman, hood, hoodlum, hooligan*, member of the family, outlaw, racketeer, soldier*, thug, wiseguy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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