| Main Entry: | culprit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person responsible for wrongdoing |
Synonyms: |
con, convict, criminal, delinquent, evildoer, ex-con, felon, fugitive, guilty party, jailbird, malefactor, miscreant, offender, rascal, sinner, transgressor, wrongdoer, yardbird |
| Main Entry: | convict |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal |
Synonyms: |
captive, con, culprit, felon, jailbird, long-termer, loser*, malefactor, prisoner, repeater |
Antonyms: |
victim |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | delinquent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal, often young |
Synonyms: |
JD, behind, black sheep, blackguard, culprit, dawdler, deadbeat, deadhead, debtor, defaulter, derelict, desperado, evader, fallen angel, felon, hoodlum, jailbird, juvenile delinquent, juvie, lawbreaker, loafer, lounger, malefactor, miscreant, neglecter, no show, offender, outlaw, punk*, recreant, reprobate, sinner, wrongdoer, young offender |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | offender |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perpetrator |
Synonyms: |
con*, convict, criminal, crook, culprit, delinquent, felon, guilty party, guilty person, jailbird, lawbreaker, malefactor, sinner, suspect, transgressor, wrongdoer |
| Main Entry: | prisoner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person jailed for crime; person kept against his or her will |
Synonyms: |
captive, chain gang member, con, convict, culprit, detainee, hostage, internee, jailbird, lag*, lifer, loser*, tough*, yardbird |
| Main Entry: | malefactor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal |
Synonyms: |
bad egg, black sheep, con, convict, culprit, delinquent, evildoer, felon, hellhound, hoodlum, jailbird, lawbreaker, outcast, outlaw, prisoner, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, rounder, rowdy*, ruffian, scamp, scoundrel, sinner, thug, transgressor, varlet, villain, wretch, wrongdoer |
| Main Entry: | malefactor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wrongdoer |
Synonyms: |
convict, criminal, culprit, delinquent, felon, knave, offender, rascal, scoundrel, villain |