| Main Entry: | gangster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person involved in illegal activities |
Synonyms: |
Mafioso, bandit, bruiser, criminal, crook, dealer, desperado, goon, hit person, hood, hoodlum, hooligan*, member of the family, mobster, pusher, racketeer, robber, ruffian, soldier*, thug, tough |
| Main Entry: | bandit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thief |
Synonyms: |
brigand, criminal, crook, desperado, forager, gangster, gunperson, highwayperson, hijacker, holdup person, hooligan, marauder, mobster, outlaw, pillager, pirate, plunderer, racketeer, raider, ravager, robber, villain |
Antonyms: |
law, police |
| 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: | desperado |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal |
Synonyms: |
bandit, convict, cutthroat, gangster, hoodlum, lawbreaker, mugger, outlaw, ruffian, thug |
| Main Entry: | evildoer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wrongdoer |
Synonyms: |
bad person, criminal, devil, evil person, felon, gangster, lawbreaker, murderer, psychopath, sinner, sociopath, troublemaker, villain |
| Main Entry: | hood/hoodlum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gangster |
Synonyms: |
criminal, delinquent, gangster, goon, hooligan, mobster, punk, rioter, rowdy, ruffian, thug, troublemaker |
| Main Entry: | hooligan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hoodlum |
Synonyms: |
criminal, delinquent, gangster, goon, hood, mobster, punk, rioter, rowdy, ruffian, thug, troublemaker |
| Main Entry: | juvenile delinquent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | young criminal |
Synonyms: |
JD, criminal, delinquent, first offender, gangbanger, gangster, goon, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, hooligan, punk, punk, punk kid, rowdy, ruffian, thug, troublemaker, youthful 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: | outlaw |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is running from the law |
Synonyms: |
bandit, brigand, con, criminal, crook, desperado, drifter, ex-con, fugitive, gangster, gunslinger, hood, hoodlum, hooligan*, jailbird, marauder, mobster, mug, outcast, pariah, racketeer, robber, wrong number |