All lawbreaker synonyms

noun lawbreaker

• criminal — A criminal is a person who regularly commits crimes.
• delinquent — Someone, usually a young person, who is delinquent repeatedly commits minor crimes.
• culprit — When you are talking about a crime or something wrong that has been done, you can refer to the person who did it as the culprit.
• offender — to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in: Even the hint of prejudice offends me.
• gangster — a member of a gang of criminals, especially a racketeer.
• mobster — a member of a criminal mob.
• hooligan — a ruffian or hoodlum.
• fugitive — a person who is fleeing, from prosecution, intolerable circumstances, etc.; a runaway: a fugitive from justice; a fugitive from a dictatorial regime.
• crook — A crook is a dishonest person or a criminal.
• racketeer — a person engaged in a racket.
• felon — an acute and painful inflammation of the deeper tissues of a finger or toe, usually near the nail: a form of whitlow.
• hoodlum — a thug or gangster.
• blackmail — Blackmail is the action of threatening to reveal a secret about someone, unless they do something you tell them to do, such as giving you money.
• scofflaw — a person who flouts the law, especially one who fails to pay fines owed.
• malefactor — a person who violates the law; criminal.
• outlaw — a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
• convict — If someone is convicted of a crime, they are found guilty of that crime in a law court.
• hood — Hierarchical Object Oriented Design
• con — Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
• jailbird — a person who is or has been confined in jail; convict or ex-convict.
• wrongdoer — a person who does wrong, especially a sinner or transgressor.
• gaolbird — Alternative spelling of jailbird.