Synonyms of the word criminal


CRIMINALCONDEMNABLE - CROOK - DEPLORABLE - FELON - FELONIOUS - GUILTY - ILLEGAL - MALEFACTOR - OFFENDER - OUTLAW - REPREHENSIBLE - VICIOUS - WRONG - WRONGDOER

criminal

  • adj. Being against the law; forbidden by law.
  • adj. Guilty of breaking the law.
  • adj. Of or relating to crime or penal law.
  • adj. (figuratively) Abhorrent or very undesirable, even if allowed by law.
  • n. A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.

condemnable

  • adj. Deserving of condemnation.

crook

  • n. A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
  • n. A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
  • n. A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
  • n. (obsolete) A lock or curl of hair.
  • n. (obsolete) A gibbet.
  • n. (obsolete) A support beam consisting of a post with a cross-beam resting upon it; a bracket or truss consisting…
  • n. A shepherd's crook; a staff with a semi-circular bend ("hook") at one end used by shepherds.
  • n. A bishop's staff of office.
  • n. An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
  • n. A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
  • n. A pothook.
  • n. (music) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
  • v. (transitive) To bend.
  • v. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
  • adj. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.
  • adj. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Ill, sick.
  • adj. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Annoyed, angry; upset.

deplorable

  • adj. Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched.
  • adj. Lamentable, to be felt sorrow for, worthy of compassion.
  • n. A person or thing that is to be deplored.

felon

  • n. A person who has committed a felony.
  • n. (law) A person who has been tried and convicted of a felony.
  • n. (medicine) A bacterial infection at the end of a finger or toe.

felonious

  • adj. Of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony.
  • adj. (law) Done with intent to commit a crime.

guilty

  • adj. Responsible for a dishonest act.
  • adj. (law) Judged to have committed a crime.
  • adj. Having a sense of guilt.
  • adj. Blameworthy.
  • n. (law) A plea by a defendant who does not contest a charge.
  • n. (law) A verdict of a judge or jury on a defendant judged to have committed a crime.
  • n. One who is declared guilty of a crime.

illegal

  • adj. Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law.
  • adj. Forbidden by established rules.
  • adj. (philately, of an issue printed for collectors) Totally fictitious, and often issued on behalf of a non-existent…
  • adj. (of a person, sometimes offensive) Being or doing something illegally.
  • adj. (chiefly US, sometimes offensive) Being an illegal immigrant; residing in a country illegally.
  • n. (colloquial, offensive) An illegal immigrant.
  • n. An illegal resident spy.

malefactor

  • n. A criminal or felon.
  • n. An evildoer.

offender

  • n. One who gives or causes offense.
  • n. A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.

outlaw

  • n. A fugitive from the law.
  • n. (historical) A criminal who is excluded from normal legal rights; one who can be killed at will without…
  • n. A person who operates outside established norms.
  • n. A wild horse.
  • n. (humorous) An in-law: a relative by marriage.
  • n. (slang) A prostitute who works alone, without a pimp.
  • v. To declare illegal.
  • v. To place a ban upon.
  • v. To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement.
  • v. To deprive of legal force.

reprehensible

  • adj. Blameworthy, censurable, guilty.
  • adj. Deserving of reprehension.
  • n. A reprehensible person; a villain.

vicious

  • adj. Violent, destructive and cruel.
  • adj. Savage and aggressive.
  • adj. (archaic) Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.

wrong

  • adj. Incorrect or untrue.
  • adj. Asserting something incorrect or untrue.
  • adj. Immoral, not good, bad.
  • adj. Improper; unfit; unsuitable.
  • adj. Not working; out of order.
  • adj. Designed to be worn or placed inward; as, the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth.
  • adj. (obsolete) Twisted; wry.
  • adv. (informal) In a way that isn't right; incorrectly, wrongly.
  • n. Something that is immoral or not good.
  • n. An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer).
  • n. The incorrect or unjust position or opinion.
  • n. The opposite of right; the concept of badness.
  • v. To treat unjustly; to injure or harm.
  • v. To deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice.
  • v. To slander; to impute evil to unjustly.

wrongdoer

  • n. Someone who does wrong, whether morally, ethically, or in contravention of a law.

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