4
scofflaw(noun, crook, convict, fugitive, bad man)
4
soldier(noun, bully, combatant)
4
vandal(noun, bad man, evildoer)
4
wrongdoer(noun, con, criminal, crook, convict)
4
yahoo
3
Mafioso(noun, criminal, crook, hoodlum, gangster)
3
apache(noun, killing)
3
battler(noun, combatant)
3
butch
3
combatant(noun, combatant)
3
competitor(noun, combatant)
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contestant(noun, combatant)
3
dacoit(noun, thief)
3
devil(noun, evildoer)
3
duelist(noun, combatant)
3
evildoer(noun, con, criminal, crook, convict)
3
fugitive(crook, convict, offender, prisoner)
3
garroter
3
heavy(noun, crook, convict, brute, fugitive)
3
highwayman(noun, thief, lawbreaker, gangster)
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