contravventore

Definitions of contravventore
  1. noun
    a person who transgresses moral or civil law
    synonyms: malfattore, reo
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    aggressore, assalitore, assaltatore, attaccante, attentatore
    someone who attacks
    condannato, galeotto
    a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense
    imbroglione, truffaldino, turlupinatore, versipelle
    someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
    delinquente
    a young offender
    disertore, transfuga
    a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
    colpevole, reo, responsabile
    someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
    peccatore
    a person who sins (without repenting)
    usurpatore
    one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another
    animale, belva, bestia, bruto, energumeno, lupo, selvaggio
    a cruelly rapacious person
    cappuccio, masnadiere, prepotente, satanasso, scherano, schiamazzatore, sgherro, teppista
    a cruel and brutal fellow
    imbroglione, lestofante, truffaldino, truffatore, versipelle
    a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
    avanzo di galera, bandito, boia, cattivo soggetto, criminale, delinquente, farabutto, fuorilegge, malvivente, pendaglio da forca, pericolo pubblico, ribaldo
    someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
    imboscato
    someone who is drafted and illegally refuses to serve
    contraffattore, falsario
    someone who makes copies illegally
    prestanome
    a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
    ipocrita
    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
    emulo, imitatore
    someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another
    impostore, saltimbanco
    a person who makes deceitful pretenses
    attore, bugiardo, mentitore
    a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
    avvoltoio, falco, predone, sciacallo
    someone who attacks in search of booty
    buffone, ciarlatano, pagliaccio, saltimbanco
    a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
    depravato
    a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
    stupratore, violentatore
    someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse
    pentito, trasformista, voltagabbana
    someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
    accoltellatore
    someone who stabs another person
    mignatta, scortichino, strozzino, usuraio
    someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
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    cattivo
    a person who does harm to others
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