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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 payment of ransoms has been outlawed in an attempt to cut the supply of money to the criminal gangs - but this has had little effect.
Sgt Ross Haybourne, from the Kent Police Rural Task Force, says criminals are often stealing to order across the South and South East of England.
Victims of fraud are being failed by the criminal justice system, charities are warning, as new analysis suggests only a fraction of reports result in a prosecution.
Daniel Michael Graham 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, were jailed for four years and three months in July after being convicted of criminal damage.
International law says the military cannot kill civilians unless they pose an imminent threat of violence, even if engaging in criminal activity.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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