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 July, the UK government placed Jalal, who lived in Bradford, on a list of criminals subject to financial sanctions.

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The court also found that the Ming family and other criminal groups were responsible for the deaths of several scam centre workers, including shooting workers in one incident to prevent them from returning to China.

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There is additional information that I’ve had to amass on the criminal justice system, and to do this I’ve interviewed barristers, solicitors, magistrates and judges.

From Los Angeles Times

Although some are convicted felons who have done time, many have no criminal record.

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A unique educational programme in Northern Ireland's prison service has seen hundreds of convicted criminals voluntarily learning about male violence against women and girls.

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