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offender(noun, law, person, cheat, disturbance)
23
malefactor(noun, law, person, cheat, disturbance)
23
perpetrator(noun, suspect, criminal, crook, malevolent)
21
criminal(noun, adjective, law, person, cheat)
17
outlaw(noun, cheat, villain, criminal, crook)
16
lawbreaker(noun, law, person, cheat, villain)
15
culprit(noun, cheat, villain, criminal, crook)
15
delinquent(noun, criminal, crook, convict, thief)
12
crook(noun, suspect, villain, criminal, convict)
11
convict(noun, immoral, criminal, crook, fugitive)
9
thug(noun, con, criminal, crook, convict)
9
villain(noun, immoral, criminal, convict, mischief)
8
hoodlum(noun, person, cheat, disturbance, immoral)
8
miscreant(noun, person, immoral)
8
wrongdoer(noun, cheat, criminal, crook, convict)
7
jailbird(noun, cheat, villain, criminal, crook)
7
transgressor(noun, person, disturbance, criminal, crook)
6
desperado(noun, cheat, criminal, crook, convict)
6
evildoer(noun, criminal, crook, convict, thief)
6
hooligan(noun, person, disturbance, criminal, crook)
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