criminal

Definition for criminal

adjective as in lawless, felonious

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corrupt, deplorable, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, scandalous, senseless, unlawful, vicious

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caught, crooked, culpable, dirty, hung up, indictable, iniquitous, nefarious, off base, out of line, peccant, shady, smoking gun, unrighteous, villainous, wicked

noun as in person who breaks the law

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convict, crook, culprit, felon, fugitive, gangster, hoodlum, hooligan, lawbreaker, mobster, offender, thug

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bad guy, bad person, baddie, baddy, blackmailer, con, delinquent, desperado, deuce, evildoer, guerrilla, heavy, hood, hustler, jailbird, malefactor, mug, muscle, outlaw, racketeer, repeater, scofflaw, sinner, transgressor, trespasser, wrongdoer, yardbird

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bad actor, black marketeer, ex-con, inside person, slippery eel

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In September, "zombie-style knives" and "zombie-style machetes" were banned in England and Wales, making it an imprisonable offence to own, make, transport or sell a wide range of “statement” knives favoured by criminal gangs.

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"They all look like offensive weapons under the Act," said Anthony Orchard KC, a criminal barrister who’s prosecuted many stabbings and knife offences.

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Unless it’s used in a criminal investigation, information captured by a license plate reader is not stored with any personally identifiable information, said Sgt.

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In a Republic of Ireland civil action - as opposed to a criminal case - neither the complainant nor the accused are entitled to automatic anonymity during the court proceedings.

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In New York specifically, his criminal fraud conviction in the hush-money case lives on for at least a few more days.

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