someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
| criminal |
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| crook |
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| felon |
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| malefactor |
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| outlaw |
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derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
accessory, accessary
arsonist, incendiary, firebug
blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist
bootlegger, moonshiner
briber, suborner
conspirator, coconspirator, plotter, machinator
desperado, desperate criminal
fugitive, fugitive from justice
gangster, mobster
highbinder
highjacker, hijacker
hood, punk, hoodlum, goon, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armer
jail bird, jailbird, gaolbird
kidnapper, kidnaper, abductor, snatcher
mafioso
moll, gun moll, gangster's moll
murderer, liquidator, manslayer
probationer, parolee
pusher, drug peddler, peddler, drug dealer, drug trafficker
racketeer
rapist, raper
recidivist, repeater, habitual criminal
scofflaw
runner, smuggler, contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser
thief, stealer
traitor, treasonist
violator, lawbreaker, law offender
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instance hyponym