Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime.
synonyms: criminal, crook, felon, outlaw.
Roget 949:
bad man,
wrongdoer,
worker of iniquity;
evildoer
etc.
913;
sinner;
the wicked
etc.
945;
bad example.
villain,
rascal,
scoundrel,
miscreant,
budmash†,
caitiff†;
wretch,
reptile,
viper,
serpent,
cockatrice,
basilisk,
urchin;
tiger†,
monster;
devil
etc.
(demon)
980;
devil incarnate;
demon in human shape,
Nana Sahib;
hellhound,
hellcat;
rakehell†.
bad woman,
jade,
Jezebel.
scamp,
scapegrace,
rip,
runagate,
ne'er-do-well,
reprobate,
scalawag,
scallawag.
rou_e [Fr.],
rake;
Sadist;
skeesicks [Slang],
skeezix [U.S.];
limb;
one who has sold himself to the devil,
fallen angel,
ame damnee [Fr.],
vaurien†,
mauvais sujet [Fr.],
loose fish,
sad dog;
rounder [Slang];
lost sheep,
black sheep;
castaway,
recreant,
defaulter;
prodigal
etc.
818.
rough,
rowdy,
hooligan,
tough,
ugly customer,
mean mother [Coll.],
ruffian,
bully,
meanie [Joc.];
Jonathan Wild;
hangman.
incendiary,
arsonist,
fire bug [U.S.].
thief
etc.
792;
murderer,
terrorist
etc.
361.
[person who violates the criminal law]
culprit,
delinquent,
crook,
hoodlum,
hood,
criminal,
thug,
malefactor,
offender,
perpetrator,
perp [Coll.];
disorderly person,
misdemeanant [Law];
outlaw;
scofflaw;
vandal;
felon,
(convicted criminal);
criminal;
convict,
prisoner,
inmate,
jail bird,
ticket of leave man;
multiple offender.
blackguard,
polisson†,
loafer,
sneak;
rapscallion,
rascallion†;
cullion†,
mean wretch,
varlet,
kern†,
ame-de-boue [Fr.],
drole†;
cur,
dog,
hound†,
whelp†,
mongrel†;
lown†,
loon,
runnion†,
outcast,
vagabond;
rogue
etc.
(knave)
941;
ronian†;
scum of the earth,
riffraff;
Arcades ambo†.
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Dutch: boosdoener, vogelvrije, misdadiger, strafrechtelijk, misdadig, crimineel
Polish: przestępca