16
perpetrator(noun, criminal, malevolent, bad man)
9
criminal(noun, person, crook, convict, malevolent)
9
culprit(noun, crook, convict, thug, fugitive)
7
convict(noun, criminal, crook, fugitive, bad man)
7
felon(noun, criminal, crook, convict, thug)
7
outlaw(noun, criminal, crook, convict, thug)
5
crook(noun, criminal, convict, thug, fugitive)
5
lawbreaker(noun, criminal, crook, convict, thug)
5
offender(noun, criminal, crook, convict, thug)
4
delinquent(noun, adjective, criminal, crook, convict)
4
malefactor(noun, criminal, crook, convict, thug)
4
jailbird(noun, criminal, crook, convict, thug)
4
prisoner(noun, convict, bad man, offender, prisoner)
4
thug(noun, crook, convict, fugitive, bad man)
3
desperado(noun, crook, convict, thug, fugitive)
3
gangster(noun, criminal, crook, convict, malevolent)
3
public enemy(noun, expression, idiom, enemy)
3
rule breaker
3
villain(noun, convict, malevolent, bad man, offender)
2
con(noun, criminal, crook, convict, fugitive)
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