criminal
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(satellite adjective) guilty of crime or serious offense; "criminal in the sight of God and man" |
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(satellite adjective) involving or being or having the nature of a crime; "a criminal offense"; "criminal abuse"; "felonious intent" |
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Synonyms: felonious |
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(adjective) relating to crime or its punishment; "criminal court" |
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(noun) someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime |
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Synonyms: crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw |
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Related Words: abductor, accessary, accessory, accomplice, arsonist, blackmailer, bootlegger, briber, coconspirator, conspirator, contrabandist, desperado, desperate criminal, drug peddler, drug trafficker, extortioner, extortionist, firebug, fugitive, fugitive from justice, gangster, gangster's moll, goon, gun moll, habitual criminal, highbinder, highjacker, hijacker, hood, hoodlum, incendiary, kidnaper, kidnapper, lawbreaker, liquidator, machinator, mobster, moll, mooncurser, moonshiner, murderer, offender, parolee, peddler, plotter, probationer, punk, pusher, racketeer, raper, rapist, recidivist, repeater, runner, scofflaw, smuggler, snatcher, suborner, thief, thug, tough, toughie, traitor, treasonist, violator, wrongdoer |
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(satellite adjective) bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife" |
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Synonyms: condemnable, deplorable, reprehensible |
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