8
felons(noun, thieves, prisoners)
6
cons(noun, prisoners)
6
culprits(noun, thieves, prisoners)
5
convicts(noun, prisoners)
5
crooks(noun, thieves, evildoers, thugs, wags)
5
delinquents(noun, thieves, villains, wrongs, heavies)
5
villains(noun, thieves)
5
wrongdoers(noun, evildoers)
4
hoodlums(noun, evildoers)
4
lawbreakers(noun, thieves, prisoners)
4
offenders(noun, prisoners)
4
outlaws(noun, thieves)
4
thieves(noun, thieves, evildoers, villains, robbers)
4
underworld(noun, activity, element)
3
evildoers(noun, thieves, evildoers)
3
malefactors
3
miscreants
3
prisoners(noun, prisoners)
3
scoundrels(noun, evildoers)
3
thugs(noun, thieves, evildoers)
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