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1. Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
   - felon, crook [informal], outlaw, malefactor [formal], crim [Brit, informal]

1. Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
   "a criminal waste of talent";
   - condemnable, deplorable, reprehensible, vicious
    
2. Guilty of crime or serious offence
   "criminal in the sight of God and man"
    
3. Involving, being or having the nature of a crime
   "a criminal offence"; "criminal abuse";
   - felonious

Derived forms: criminals

See also: guilty, illegal, wrong

Type of: principal

Encyclopedia: Criminal