Synonyms and antonyms of General words for criminals in British Thesaurus

criminal (noun)

someone who has committed a crime

offender (noun)

someone who has committed a crime

underworld (noun)

the criminals in a particular community, considered as a group

delinquent (noun)

someone, especially a young person, who behaves in a way that is criminal or immoral

juvenile (noun)

a young person who has committed a crime or is accused of committing a crime

gang (noun)

a group of criminals working together

lowlife (noun)

informal criminals and their activities

culprit (noun)

someone who is responsible for doing something bad or illegal

accomplice (noun)

someone who helps another person to do something illegal or wrong

ringleader (noun)

a leader of a group of people who are doing something illegal or wrong

badmash (noun)

Indian English a criminal, or someone who behaves badly and causes trouble

crim (noun)

Australianinformal a criminal

desperado (noun)

old-fashioned an extremely dangerous and violent criminal

first offender (noun)

someone who has committed their first crime

first-time offender (noun)

a first offender

juvenile delinquent (noun)

a young person who has committed a crime or who behaves like a criminal

law-breaker (noun)

someone who commits a crime

lowlife (noun)

informal a bad person, especially a criminal

miscreant (noun)

literary someone who does something wrong or commits a crime

outlaw (noun)

old-fashioned a criminal, especially one who moves from place to place to avoid being caught

principal offender (noun)

the person in a group of offenders who carries out the main part of a criminal act. If there is more than one principal offender, they are called joint principals.

probationer (noun)

mainly American someone who has been put on probation for committing a crime

recidivist (noun)

very formal someone who continues to commit crimes or behave badly even after being punished

repeat offender (noun)

someone who commits crimes again and again

tortfeasor (noun)

a person who commits a tort

tsotsi (noun)

South Africaninformal a criminal, often one who comes from a black township

undesirable (noun)

someone who is thought to be dangerous or involved in crime

Yardie (noun)

British someone who is a member of a group of criminals that comes from Jamaica

young offender (noun)

British someone who has committed a crime but is not old enough to be treated as an adult by the law courts