犯罪者 - 定義、意味、同義語

Criminal - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com SKIP TO CONTENT criminal /ˈkrɪmɪnəl/ /ˈkrɪmɪnəl/ IPA guide Other forms: criminals A criminal is someone who breaks the law. If you're a murderer, thief, or tax cheat, you're a criminal . When you think of criminals, your first thought might be of someone awful like a murderer. But this word is a lot broader — Anyone who breaks the law is technically a criminal, even if the crime is just not paying a speeding ticket. You can also talk about criminal activities: things that are illegal. Lots of TV shows are about police officers and lawyers trying to catch criminals who are engaged in all kinds of exciting criminal activity. Definitions of criminal noun someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime synonyms: crook , felon , malefactor , outlaw see more see less examples: William H. Bonney United States outlaw who was said to have killed 21 men (1859-1881) Jesse James United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847-1882) Robert MacGregor Scottish clan leader and outlaw who was the subject of a 1817 novel by Sir Walter Scott (1671-1734) types: show 77 types... hide 77 types... accessary , accessory someone who helps another person commit a crime arsonist , firebug , incendiary a criminal who illegally sets fire to property blackmailer , extortioner , extortionist a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them bootlegger , moonshiner someone who makes or sells illegal goods, especially illegal liquor briber , suborner someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act coconspirator , conspirator , machinator , plotter a member of a conspiracy desperado , desperate criminal a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier) fugitive , fugitive from justice someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice gangster , mobster a criminal who is a member of gang highbinder a corrupt politician highjacker , hijacker someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination goon , hood , hoodlum , punk , strong-armer , thug , tough , toughie an aggressive and violent young criminal gaolbird , jail bird , jailbird a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly abductor , kidnaper , kidnapper , snatcher someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) mafioso a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States gangster's moll , gun moll , moll the girlfriend of a gangster liquidator , manslayer , murderer a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) parolee , probationer someone released on probation or on parole drug dealer , drug peddler , drug trafficker , peddler , pusher an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs racketeer someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion) raper , rapist someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse habitual criminal , recidivist , repeater someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior) scofflaw one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses contrabandist , moon curser , moon-curser , runner , smuggler someone who imports or exports without paying duties stealer , thief a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it traitor , treasonist someone who betrays his country by committing treason law offender , lawbreaker , violator someone who violates the law apache a Parisian gangster absconder a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution abetter , abettor one who helps or encourages or incites another accessory after the fact a person who gives assistance or comfort to someone known to be a felon or known to be sought in connection with the commission of a felony accessory before the fact a person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration accessory during the fact a person who witnesses a crime but does not try to prevent it assassin , assassinator , bravo a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed bagman a racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money bandit , brigand an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band barnburner someone who burns down a barn booster , lifter , shoplifter a thief who steals goods that are in a store bully a hired thug burglar a thief who enters a building with intent to steal butcher a brutal indiscriminate murderer collaborationist , collaborator , quisling someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force collaborator , confederate , henchman , partner in crime someone who assists in a plot coyote someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States (usually across the Mexican border) crimp , crimper someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers cutthroat someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat dacoit , dakoit a member of an armed gang of robbers defalcator , embezzler , peculator someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use escapee someone who escapes fifth columnist , saboteur a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader fratricide a person who murders their brother or sister body snatcher , ghoul , graverobber someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection graverobber someone who steals valuables from graves or crypts gun , gun for hire , gunman , gunslinger , hired gun , hit man , hitman , shooter , torpedo , triggerman a professional killer who uses a gun arms-runner , gunrunner a smuggler of guns hatchet man , iceman a professional killer holdup man , stickup man an armed thief infanticide a person who murders an infant larcener , larcenist a person who commits larceny mass murderer a person who is responsible for the deaths of many victims in a single incident murderess a woman murderer parricide someone who kills his or her parent cutpurse , dip , pickpocket a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places literary pirate , pirate , plagiariser , plagiarist , plagiarizer someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own despoiler , freebooter , looter , pillager , plunderer , raider , spoiler someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) ripper a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife robber a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence rumrunner someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border cattle thief , rustler someone who steals livestock (especially cattle) cracksman , safebreaker , safecracker a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents serial killer , serial murderer someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval seizer , shanghaier a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship snatcher a thief who grabs and runs pilferer , sneak thief , snitcher a thief who steals without using violence traitress female traitor yakuza a Japanese gangster yardie (usually capitalized) a member of a criminal group, originally based in Jamaica, that was prominent in the UK during the 1980s and 1990s type of: principal (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement adjective involving or being or having the nature of a crime “a criminal offense” “ criminal abuse” synonyms: felonious illegal prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules adjective guilty of crime or serious offense “ criminal in the sight of God and man” synonyms: guilty responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act adjective bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure “a criminal waste of talent” synonyms: condemnable , deplorable , reprehensible , vicious wrong contrary to conscience or morality or law Pronunciation US /ˈkrɪmɪnəl/ UK /ˈkrɪmɪnəl/ Cite this entry Style: MLA MLA APA Chicago Copy citation DISCLAIMER: These example sentences appear in various news sources and books to reflect the usage of the word ‘criminal' . 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