noun
- Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime.
- synonyms: criminal, felon, crook, malefactor
verb
- Declare illegal; outlaw.
- usage: "Marijuana is criminalized in the U. S."
- synonyms: criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise
adjective
- Contrary to or forbidden by law.
- usage: "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"
- synonyms: illegitimate, illicit, outlawed, unlawful
- Disobedient to or defiant of law.
- usage: "lawless bands roaming the plains"
- synonyms: lawless
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