Nouns (3)
crook, criminal, felon
n. someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime
Verbs (2)
criminalize, illegalize
v. declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."
Adverbs (0)
Adjectives (5)
lawless
adj. disobedient to or defiant of law; "lawless bands roaming the plains"
illegitimate, unlawful, illicit, outlawed
adj. contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"
Fuzzynyms (63)
bandit, brigand
n. an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
mugger, robber
n. a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence
sharpie, swindler, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, sharper, sharpy
n. a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
cur, mongrel, mutt
n. an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
knave, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag, varlet, rogue
n. a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
villain, scoundrel
n. a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
burglar
n. a thief who enters a building with intent to steal
pirate, plagiarist, literary pirate
n. someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
sneak, prowler
n. someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions
mountebank, charlatan
n. a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
fraud, fake, sham, role player, imposter, impostor, pretender, faker, pseudo, pseud
n. a person who makes deceitful pretenses
vulture, predator, marauder
n. someone who attacks in search of booty
spoiler, raider, plunderer, pillager, looter, despoiler, freebooter
n. someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
illegal
adj. prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules; "an illegal chess move"
open, lawless, wide-open
adj. lax in enforcing laws; "a wide-open town"
wrong, incorrect
adj. not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions"
out, taboo, tabu, prohibited, forbidden, proscribed
adj. excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"
Synonyms (28)
open, lawless, wide-open
adj. lax in enforcing laws; "a wide-open town"
wrongful
adj. unlawfully violating the rights of others; "wrongful death"; "a wrongful diversion of trust income"
amerceable
adj. of a crime or misdemeanor; punishable by a fine set by a judge
banned, prohibited
adj. forbidden by law
contraband, bootleg, black-market, smuggled
adj. distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes"
criminal, felonious
adj. involving or being or having the nature of a crime; "a criminal offense"; "criminal abuse"; "felonious intent"
dirty, ill-gotten
adj. obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains"
embezzled, misappropriated
adj. taken for your own use in violation of a trust; "the banker absconded with embezzled funds"
extrajudicial
adj. beyond the usual course of legal proceedings; legally unwarranted; "an extrajudicial penalty"
extralegal, nonlegal
adj. not regulated or sanctioned by law; "there were only extralegal recourses for their grievances"
hot
adj. recently stolen or smuggled; "hot merchandise"; "a hot car"
misbranded, mislabeled
adj. branded or labeled falsely and in violation of statutory requirements; "confiscated the misbranded drugs"
punishable, penal
adj. subject to punishment by law; "a penal offense"
under-the-counter, under the counter
adj. done or sold illicitly and secretly
unratified
adj. lacking legal authority; "the unratified Equal Right Amendment"
Antonyms (6)
let, permit, countenance, allow
v. consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"
lawful
adj. conformable to or allowed by law; "lawful methods of dissent"
legal
adj. established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
outlaw
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