| 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | sinner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wrongdoer |
Synonyms: |
criminal, evildoer, offender, transgressor |
| Main Entry: | trespasser |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offender |
Synonyms: |
evildoer, misdoer, reprobate, sinner, transgressor |
| Main Entry: | sinner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wrongdoer |
Synonyms: |
adulterer, delinquent, evildoer, miscreant, murderer, reprobate, scamp, thief, transgressor, trespasser, trespasser |
| Main Entry: | trespasser |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | encroacher |
Synonyms: |
infringer, interloper, intruder, invader, offender, transgressor |
| Main Entry: | wrongdoer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lawbreaker |
Synonyms: |
criminal, crook, culprit, felon, malefactor, miscreant, offender, perpetrator, sinner, transgressor, trespasser, violator |
Antonyms: |
law-abiding citizen |