2
con(noun, suspect, villain, criminal, crook)
2
desperado(noun, criminal, crook, convict, fugitive)
2
evil doer(noun, expression, idiom, bad man)
2
evil person(noun, expression, villain, criminal, rogue)
2
guilty
2
law-breaker
2
misdemeanant
2
outcast(noun, criminal)
2
perp(noun, bad man)
2
roughneck
2
scamp(noun, criminal)
2
thief(noun, villain, criminal, offender)
2
varlet(noun, criminal)
1
arsonist
1
bad actor(noun, expression, crook, convict, thug)
1
baddie(noun, villain, rogue, scoundrel, antihero)
1
baddy
1
bandit(noun, bad man)
1
black marketeer(noun, expression, crook, convict, thug)
1
briber
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