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criminal
adjective as in lawless, felonious
Strongest matches
corrupt, deplorable, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, scandalous, senseless, unlawful, vicious
Weak matches
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
Strongest matches
convict, crook, culprit, felon, fugitive, gangster, hoodlum, hooligan, lawbreaker, mobster, offender, thug
Strong matches
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
Weak matches
bad actor, black marketeer, ex-con, inside person, slippery eel
Example Sentences
The Los Angeles city attorney’s office said Wednesday in an email that prosecutors declined to file criminal charges against Cruz.
The criminals began posting profiles of the children to their website last Thursday, adding another 10 children days later and vowing to continue until Kido Schools paid a ransom in Bitcoin.
It is the birthplace of “rehabilitative” solitary confinement and for more than a century, held some of America’s most notorious criminals.
No criminal investigation was initiated by Davis police.
The attorney representing him in the criminal case did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the civil suit.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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