criminal
Definitions of criminal
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someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crimesynonyms: delincuente, malhechor, proscrito, transgresor, trasgresortypes:cómplicesomeone who helps another person commit a crimechantajista, concusionario, desollador, extorsionadora criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about themcontrabandista de licoressomeone who makes or sells illegal liquorfugitivosomeone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justiceasesinoa criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)estafador, timadorsomeone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)violadorsomeone who forces another to have sexual intercoursedelincuente habitual, facinerososomeone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)afanador, caco, ladrón, mangante, manoteador, tomadora criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling ittraidorsomeone who betrays his country by committing treasonincitadorone who helps or encourages or incites anotherencubridora 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 felonyinstigadora person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetrationasesino a sueldoa murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deedatracador, bandido, bandolera, bandolero, forajido, pistoleroan armed thief who is (usually) a member of a bandmecheroa thief who steals goods that are in a storeescalador, ganzúa, palanquista, topero, topista, ventosoa thief who enters a building with intent to stealcarniceroa brutal indiscriminate murderercolaboracionistasomeone who collaborates with an enemy occupying forcefugadosomeone who escapesquintacolumnista, saboteadora member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invaderladrón de cadáveressomeone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissectionasesino profesionala professional killer who uses a guntraficante de armasa smuggler of gunssalteadoran armed thiefasesinaa woman murdererparricidasomeone who kills his or her parentcarterista, cicatero, cortabolsas, lanza, músico, pellejero, piquero, robacarteras, sañeroa thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public placesdestripadora murderer who slashes the victims with a knifecuatrerosomeone who steals livestock (especially cattle)reventadora thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contentsasesino en seriesomeone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short intervalchori, choricero, chorizo, choro, ganzúa, garduño, gatera, gatillo, gato, mangui, punguista, quinqui, randa, rata, rateroa thief who steals without using violencetraidorafemale traitor
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