infractor

Definitions of infractor
  1. noun
    a person who transgresses moral or civil law
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    María Magdalena
    sinful woman Jesus healed of evil spirits; she became a follower of Jesus
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    abusador, abusón
    someone who abuses
    agresor, asaltador, asaltante
    someone who attacks
    condenado, convicto
    a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense
    embustero, engañador, impostor, mentiroso
    someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
    delincuente juvenil, merchero, quinqui
    a young offender
    desertor, tránsfuga, tránsfugo, trásfuga, trásfugo
    a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
    malhechor, transgresor, trasgresor
    someone who transgresses; someone who violates a law or command
    maleante
    one guilty of malfeasance
    truhán
    someone who shirks duty
    autor, culpable, perpetrador, reo, responsable
    someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
    reincidente
    someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
    crápula, guiñapo, libertino, réprobo
    a person without moral scruples
    abogaducho, trampista
    a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods
    pecador
    a person who sins (without repenting)
    usurpador
    one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another
    criminal de guerra
    an offender who violates international law during times of war
    vengador
    someone who takes vengeance
    animal, barbarote, bestia, bruto, fiera, fiero, salvaje
    a cruelly rapacious person
    fanfarrón, farolero
    a person who tries to bluff other people
    bullanguero, buscarruidos, camorrista, chulángano, gallito, gamberro, gorila, goriloide, hampón, hastial, jaque, jaquetón, matachín, matasiete, matonista, matón, pendenciero, perdonavidas, rufián, terne, valentón
    a cruel and brutal fellow
    estafador, sacacuartos, sacadineros, timador, tramposo, trapacero, trapacista, trápala
    a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
    criminal, delincuente, malhechor, proscrito, transgresor, trasgresor
    someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
    desviacionista
    an ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism)
    gato, pajarraco, pájara, pájaro, pícaro, zorro
    a shifty deceptive person
    traidor
    a person who says one thing and does another
    prófugo
    someone who is drafted and illegally refuses to serve
    desfalcador, malversador
    someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use
    falseador, falsificador
    someone who makes copies illegally
    cazadotes
    a person who seeks wealth through marriage
    alcahuete, hombre de paja, testaferro
    a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
    camandulero, comediante, fariseo, hipócrita, santurrón, tartufo
    a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
    imitador
    someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another
    echacuervos, embaucador, embustero, engañador, farsante, impostor, papelón, sicofante, simulador
    a person who makes deceitful pretenses
    bolera, bolero, chapucero, embustero, falsario, mentiroso, mitómano, rollista, tallero, trolero
    a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
    magdalena
    a reformed prostitute
    buitre, merodeador
    someone who attacks in search of booty
    charlatán, sacamuelas, saltabanco, saltimbanqui
    a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
    obscurantista, oscurantista
    a person who is deliberately vague
    degenerado, depravado, pervertido
    a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
    violador
    someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse
    chaquetero, renegado, volteado
    someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
    bribón, oveja negra
    a reckless and unprincipled reprobate
    logrero, usurero
    someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
    canalla, miserable
    performs some wicked deed
    type of:
    mala persona
    a person who does harm to others
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