Synonyms for criminal
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : krim-uh-nl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkrɪm ə nl |
Top 10 synonyms for criminal Other synonyms for the word criminal
- bad actor
- bent
- black marketeer
- blackmailer
- caught
- con
- crooked
- culpable
- delinquent
- desperado
- deuce
- dirty
- evildoer
- ex-con
- guerilla
- heavy
- hood
- hung up
- hustler
- illegal
- illegitimate
- illicit
- immoral
- indictable
- iniquitous
- inside person
- jailbird
- lawbreaker
- malefactor
- mobster
- mug
- muscle
- nefarious
- off base
- offender
- out of line
- outlaw
- peccant
- racket
- racketeer
- repeater
- scandalous
- scofflaw
- senseless
- shady
- sinner
- slippery eel
- smoking gun
- thug
- transgressor
- trespasser
- unlawful
- unrighteous
- vicious
- villainous
- wicked
- wildcat
- wrong
- wrongdoer
- yardbird
Définition of criminal
Origin :- early 15c., from Middle French criminel (11c.), from Latin criminalis "pertaining to crime," from crimen (genitive criminis); see crime. Preserves the Latin -n-. Criminal law (or criminal justice) distinguished from civil in English at least since late 15c.
- adj lawless, felonious
- noun person who breaks the law
- Wastefulness, profligacy, or favoritism in public expenditures is criminal.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- If we concede to the criminal the right to a further chance we concede it to ourselves.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- She had been reared in a criminal family, which must excuse much.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- It demanded that she be the criminal it had branded her—if she were to live at all.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Would it be so criminal when it all tends to what is honourable—marriage?
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- Was he not a criminal—was he not about to leave his position because of theft?
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- He appears to think that so distinguished a criminal should have been ducked in a tank of rosewater.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- We of Tiverton never allowed our neighbor to forget her criminal lapse.
- Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
- There ought to be a criminal code passed for hanging bakers.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- I do not know whose heads are criminal, but I think I know whose are imbecile.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
Antonyms for criminal
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