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thug(noun, criminal, crook, convict, fugitive)
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ruffian(noun, criminal, outlaw, evildoer, evil doer)
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criminal(noun, person, crook, thief, outlaw)
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hoodlum(noun, criminal, crook, convict, fugitive)
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bandit(noun, criminal, crook, thief, outlaw)
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brigand(noun, criminal, crook, thief, outlaw)
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gangster(noun, person, criminal, crook, convict)
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outlaw(noun, person, criminal, crook, convict)
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terrorist(noun, blusterer, evildoer)
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crook(noun, criminal, convict, outlaw, thug)
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gunman(noun, evildoer)
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hooligan(noun, criminal, crook, convict, thief)
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bully(noun, rashness, blusterer, evildoer, evil doer)
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tough(noun, blusterer, evildoer, evil doer)
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thief(noun, criminal, crook, outlaw, thug)
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brute(noun, villain, rogue, scoundrel, evildoer)
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cutthroat(noun, criminal, evildoer)
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perpetrator
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desperate criminal(noun, expression, idiom)
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devil(noun, villain, rogue, scoundrel, evildoer)
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