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(n)
A fugitive from the law.
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(adj)
Contrary to, forbidden, or not authorized by law, especially criminal law.
Of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony.
(criminal law) A person who has committed a felony (“serious criminal offence”); specifically, one who has been tried and convicted of such a crime.
(law) Judged to have committed a crime.
A criminal or felon.
Blameworthy, censurable, guilty.
Deserving of condemnation.
Incorrect or untrue.
Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched.
A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
Misconduct.
Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.
(uncountable) Criminal activity.
A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.
(countable) A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.
The person or thing at fault for a problem or crime.
(slang, law enforcement) A perpetrator.
One who perpetrates; especially, one who commits an offence or crime.
(law) Prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law; see illegal)
The act of offending.
Unlawful.
Of or relating to punishment.
Constituting a sin; morally or religiously wrong; wicked; evil.
(law, military) Inflicting punishment; punishing.
Subject to punishment; appropriate for punishment.
A punishment for violating rules of procedure.
Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive
wrong or unjust
Intending to harm; malevolent.
Intending to do harm; characterized by spite and malice.
Able or deserving to be indicted. (of a person)
(fiction) A character who has the role of being bad, especially antagonizing the hero; an antagonist who is also evil or malevolent.
One who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence.
Bad, evil or villainous.
Showing, causing, or favoring rigour/rigor; scrupulously accurate or strict; thorough.
Physical action which causes destruction, harm, pain, or suffering.
(countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
(law, of a verdict etc) Not appealable; that may not be appealed, or sent to a higher court for a second judgement.
One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.
Of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers.
A rough or violent youth.
A violent, aggressive, or truculent person.
Able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view.
A person who commits murder.
Obligated or locked in (often, but not necessarily, by a pledge) to some course of action.
A member of a criminal or street gang.
A member of a mob or Mafia.
A person, group, or organization that uses violent action, or the threat of violent action, to further political goals.
(chiefly US, Canada) Of or pertaining to the imprisonment or rehabilitation of convicted criminals.
Of or pertaining to criminology.
(law) The institution of legal proceedings (particularly criminal) against a person.
The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
Of or relating to the administration of justice.
A session or inquiry made before a court or jury.
Relating to the law or to lawyers.
Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.
The collective body of judges, justices, etc.
Of or pertaining to a division.
Of or pertaining to jurisdiction.
(historical, law) The regional courts of England and Wales, which were replaced by the Crown Courts in 1971.
(comparable) Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner; avoiding displays of hostility.
British, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada standard spelling of offense.
The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage.
(music, slang) A powerfully energetic and/or very good song, especially in hip-hop and dance music.
(cricket) Initialism of International Cricket Council.
(informal) A penalty shootout.
(historical units of measure) A former Roman unit of length, equal to 120 Roman feet (about 35.5 m)
Someone who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public or political figure.
Initialism of chronic lung disease.
(N)
the fourth studio album by the American band The Blood Brothers, released on October 12, 2004, by V2 Records.
(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
One who breaks (violates) the law, a criminal.
Someone who does wrong, whether morally, ethically, or in contravention of a law.
Someone who transgresses.
One who has behaved badly, or illegally.
(v)
(transitive, law) To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense.
One rejected by God; a sinful person.
One who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loansharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business.
(colloquial) A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, an addict, etc.
Tending to criminal behavior.
(law) Not criminal; civil.
(UK, Australia, informal) A criminal.
Being a recidivist; inclined to revert to previous behaviours.
Of or pertaining to a terrorist, terrorism, or terror.
Tending to produce crime or criminals.
(derogatory) An untrustworthy, despicable, or disreputable person, especially one suspected of being a criminal.
(dated) A psychopath.