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Ananias
a habitual liar (after a New Testament character who was struck dead for lying)
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Benedict Arnold
United States general and traitor in the American Revolution; in 1780 his plan to surrender West Point to the British was foiled (1741-1801)
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William H. Bonney
United States outlaw who was said to have killed 21 men (1859-1881)
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Alphonse Capone
United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947)
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Guy Fawkes
English conspirator who was executed for his role in a plot to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament (1570-1606)
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Jack the Ripper
an unidentified English murderer in the 19th century
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Jesse James
United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847-1882)
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Robert MacGregor
Scottish clan leader and outlaw who was the subject of a 1817 novel by Sir Walter Scott (1671-1734)
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St. Mary Magdalene
sinful woman Jesus healed of evil spirits; she became a follower of Jesus
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Titus Oates
English conspirator who claimed that there was a Jesuit plot to assassinate Charles II (1649-1705)
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John Wilkes Booth
United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865)
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Lee Harvey Oswald
United States assassin of President John F. Kennedy (1939-1963)
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Jean Laffite
French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826)
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Sir Henry Morgan
a Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688)
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Bartholomew Roberts
a Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722)
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Edward Thatch
an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)
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Dick Turpin
English highwayman (1706-1739)
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Khayr ad-Din
Barbary pirate (died in 1546)
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abuser, maltreater
someone who abuses
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aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker
someone who attacks
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barrater, barrator
someone guilty of barratry
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convict
a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense
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beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
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delinquent, juvenile delinquent
a young offender
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defector, deserter
a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
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ganef, ganof, gonif, goniff
(Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse)
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transgressor
someone who transgresses; someone who violates a law or command
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malfeasant
one guilty of malfeasance
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molester
someone who subjects others to unwanted or improper sexual activities
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no-show, nonattender, truant
someone who shirks duty
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culprit, perpetrator
someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
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principal
(criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement
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backslider, recidivist, reversionist
someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
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miscreant, reprobate
a person without moral scruples
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shark
a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest
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pettifogger, shyster
a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods
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evildoer, sinner
a person who sins (without repenting)
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supplanter, usurper
one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another
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war criminal
an offender who violates international law during times of war
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ambusher
an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack
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avenger, retaliator
someone who takes vengeance
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beast, brute, savage, wildcat, wolf
a cruelly rapacious person
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bludgeoner
an assailant who uses a bludgeon
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bluffer, four-flusher
a person who tries to bluff other people
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bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo
a cruel and brutal fellow
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claim jumper
one who illegally occupies property to which another has a legal claim
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chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler
a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
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criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
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decoy, steerer
a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
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deviationist
an ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism)
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dodger, fox, slyboots
a shifty deceptive person
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betrayer, double-crosser, double-dealer, traitor, two-timer
a person who says one thing and does another
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draft dodger, draft evader
someone who is drafted and illegally refuses to serve
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defalcator, embezzler, peculator
someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use
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falsifier
someone who falsifies
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finagler, wangler
a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods
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first offender
someone convicted for the first time
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fondler
a molester who touches the intimate parts of the victim
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counterfeiter, forger
someone who makes copies illegally
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fortune hunter
a person who seeks wealth through marriage
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figurehead, front, front man, nominal head, straw man, strawman
a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
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harasser, harrier
a persistent attacker
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dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender
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
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iconoclast
someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions
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imitator, impersonator
someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another
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fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
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liar, prevaricator
a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
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magdalen
a reformed prostitute
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marauder, piranha, predator, vulture
someone who attacks in search of booty
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misleader
someone who leads astray (often deliberately)
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charlatan, mountebank
a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
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night rider, nightrider
member of a secret mounted band in United States South after the American Civil War; committed acts of intimidation and revenge
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obscurantist
a person who is deliberately vague
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degenerate, deviant, deviate, pervert
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
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raper, rapist
someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse
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renegade
someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
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sandbagger
someone who deceives you about his true nature or intent in order to take advantage of you
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black sheep, scapegrace
a reckless and unprincipled reprobate
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sex offender
someone who has been convicted of a sex crime
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shedder, spiller
an attacker who sheds or spills blood
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slasher
someone who slashes another person
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stabber
someone who stabs another person
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lapidator, stoner
an attacker who pelts the victim with stones (especially with intent to kill)
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two-timer
someone who deceives a lover or spouse by carrying on a sexual relationship with somebody else
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loan shark, moneylender, shylock, usurer
someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
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utterer
someone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins
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walk-in
an operative who initiates his own defection (usually to a hostile country) for political asylum
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wretch
performs some wicked deed