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adj
Against the law; forbidden by law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: crimeful, delictuous, illegal, illicit, criminal, illegitimate, lawbreaking, nonlawful, outlawed, unlawful, wrongful
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Guilty of breaking the law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: at fault, culpable, blameworthy, censurable, guilty, nocent, reprehensible, to blame
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Of or relating to crime or penal law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Abhorrent or very undesirable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Synonyms: detestable, repugnant
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: lawbreaker, offender, perpetrator, hoodlum, justice-impacted individual
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
guilty of crime or serious offense
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
involving or being or having the nature of a crime
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: felonious
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: condemnable, deplorable, reprehensible, vicious
Antonyms: none provided
noun
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: principal
Narrower terms: 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, hoodlum, goon, punk, 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, raper, rapist, recidivist, repeater, habitual criminal, scofflaw, smuggler, runner, contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser, thief, stealer, traitor, treasonist, violator, lawbreaker, law offender, Bonney, William H. Bonney, Billie the Kid, James, Jesse James, MacGregor, Robert MacGregor, Rob Roy
History
From Middle English cryminal, borrowed from Anglo-Norman criminal, from Late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen (“crime”).
Across languages
312 source translations are retained for this English entry.
