pericolo pubblico

Definitions of pericolo pubblico
  1. noun
    someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
    synonyms: avanzo di galera, bandito, boia, cattivo soggetto, criminale, delinquente, farabutto, fuorilegge, malvivente, pendaglio da forca, ribaldo
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    compare, complice, correo
    someone who helps another person commit a crime
    incendiario
    a criminal who illegally sets fire to property
    ricattatore
    a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
    congiurato, cospiratore
    a member of a conspiracy
    fuggiasco, fuggitivo
    someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
    assassino, liquidatore, omicida
    a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
    spacciatore
    an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
    stupratore, violentatore
    someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse
    contrabbandiere
    someone who imports or exports without paying duties
    ladro, pirata
    a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
    giuda, traditore
    someone who betrays his country by committing treason
    violatore
    someone who violates the law
    killer, sicario
    a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
    brigante
    an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
    taccheggiatore
    a thief who steals goods that are in a store
    macellaio
    a brutal indiscriminate murderer
    collaborazionista
    someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force
    parricida, parricidio
    someone who kills his or her parent
    borsaiolo, borseggiatore, tagliaborse
    a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
    pirata
    someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
    sciacallo
    someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
    squartatore
    a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife
    ladrone, malandrino, rapinatore, svaligiatore
    a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence
    scippatore
    a thief who grabs and runs
    ladruncolo
    a thief who steals without using violence
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