- criminal
- adj1. felonious, larcenous, homicidal, murderous, burglarious; unlawful, illegal, lawless, illicit, law-breaking; delinquent, derelict; malfeasant, misfeasant.2. nefarious, iniquitous, wicked, flagitious; evil, immoral, sinful, unrighteous, errant, wrong, bad; degenerate, depraved, corrupt, vile, foul, black, villainous.3. heinous, abominable, monstrous, atrocious, vicious; outrageous, flagrant, gross; disreputable, notorious, infamous.4. guilty, culpable, condemnable, censurable; blameworthy, opprobrious, reproachful, reprehensible.5.Both Informal. a. senseless, foolish, frivolous; inappropriate, illogical.b. exorbitant, usurious, extortionate, overpriced; unconscionable, preposterous.n6. felon, larcener, larcenist, misdemeanant, lawbreaker; convict, Sl jailbird, parolee; ex-convict, Inf. ex-con, recidivist, repeat offender, Inf. chronic crook; transgressor, trespasser, offender, culprit, miscreant; malefactor, evildoer, wrongdoer, sinner; malfeasant, misfeasor; perjurer; Inf. scofflaw.7. gangster, mobster, racketeer, mafioso, desperado, terrorist; thug, tough, Inf. toughie, mugger, ruffian, Inf. plugugly, rowdy, hoodlum, Sl. hood, Inf. goon, hooligan, Inf. roughneck, Inf. baddy, Sl. bad actor, Sl. gunsel, Sl. mug, Australian Sl. larrikin, Brit. Hist.Mohock, (in Paris) apache.8. assassin, murderer, killer, slayer, sniper; strangler, cutthroat, garroter; liquidator, Euph. silencer, Euph. dispatcher; gunman, All U.S. Sl. gun, hired gun, hit man, triggerman, hatchet man, torpedo.9. bandit, hold-up man, Sl. stick-up man, armed robber; robber, burglar, thief, stealer, purloiner, Inf. crook, shoplifter; pickpocket, purse-snatcher, cutpurse, embezzler, peculator, Law. defalcator.10. extortionist, extortioner, blackmailer, usurer, loan shark, Sl. bleeder; smuggler, runner, bootlegger, contrabandist, white-slaver; swindler, confidence man, con artist, con man; forger, counterfeiter, Fr. faux-monnayeur, Brit. Inf. coiner.11. kidnapper, abductor, rapist; sodomist, pervert, degenerate, child molester, Sl. short eyes.12. arsonist, incendiary; rioter, bomb-thrower, bomb-planter.13. villain, blackguard, scoundrel, knave, Sl. no-good, Sl. bad guy.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.