Ben was believed to be a criminal.
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Criminal
//ˈkɹɪm.ə.nəl//
Synonyms for "criminal" (278 found)
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Closest matches (56)
Strong matches (83)
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Noun(5 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (139)
involvedirregularjailbirdjudasjusticiableknaveknavishlawbreakerlawlesslowmafiosomalefactormalefactorymalevolentmalfeasantmalfeasormiscreantmisfeasormobstermonstrous
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Noun(5 words)
Adjective(2 words)
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21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
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5 entriesRelated terms
8 entriesat location
2 entriescapable of
31 entriesShowing 16 of 31 words.
derived
62 entriesShowing 16 of 62 words.
derived from
1 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
10 entriesnot desires
1 entriesreceives action
3 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
313 translations across 90 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- kriminele noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Albanian
3 entries- keqbërës adj (being against the law)
- kriminel noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- kriminele noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀθέμιτος adj (being against the law)
Arabic
4 entries- إِجْرَامِيّ adj (being against the law)
- جِنَائِيّ adj (being against the law)
- مُجْرِم noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- مُجْرِمَة noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Armenian
1 entries- հանցագործ noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Assamese
1 entries- অপৰাধী noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- cinayətkar noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Bashkir
1 entries- енәйәтсе noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Basque
1 entries- gaizkile noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Belarusian
4 entries- злачы́нны adj (being against the law)
- крыміна́льны adj (being against the law)
- злачы́нец noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- злачы́нка noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Bengali
3 entries- অপরাধমূলক adj (being against the law)
- অপরাধমূলক adj (of or relating to crime)
- অপরাধী noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Bulgarian
4 entries- кримина́лен adj (being against the law)
- кримина́лен adj (of or relating to crime)
- престъ́пен adj (being against the law)
- престъ́пник noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Burmese
2 entries- တရားခံ noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- ရာဇဝတ်ကောင် noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Catalan
4 entries- criminal adj (being against the law)
- criminal adj (guilty of breaking the law)
- criminal adj (of or relating to crime)
- criminal noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 犯人 noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- 罪犯 noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 犯人 noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- 犯罪分子 noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- 罪犯 noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Czech
4 entries- trestný adj (being against the law)
- zločinný adj (being against the law)
- zločinný adj (of or relating to crime)
- zločinec noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Danish
2 entries- forbryder noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- kriminel noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Dutch
4 entries- crimineel adj (being against the law)
- crimineel adj (guilty of breaking the law)
- crimineel adj (of or relating to crime)
- crimineel adj (abhorrent or very undesirable)
Esperanto
2 entries- krima adj (guilty of breaking the law)
- krimulo noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Estonian
2 entries- kurjategija noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- roimar noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Finnish
4 entries- lainvastainen adj (being against the law)
- rangaistava adj (being against the law)
- rikollinen adj (being against the law)
- rikollinen adj (guilty of breaking the law)
French
4 entries- criminel adj (being against the law)
- criminel adj (guilty of breaking the law)
- criminel adj (of or relating to crime)
- criminel noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Galician
1 entries- criminal adj (being against the law)
Georgian
2 entries- დანაშაულებრივი adj (being against the law)
- დამნაშავე noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
German
4 entries- kriminell adj (being against the law)
- kriminell adj (guilty of breaking the law)
- kriminell adj (of or relating to crime)
- Kriminelle noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌾𐌰 noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Greek
4 entries- εγκληματικός adj (being against the law)
- εγκληματικός adj (guilty of breaking the law)
- εγκληματικός adj (of or relating to crime)
- εγκληματικός adj (abhorrent or very undesirable)
Gujarati
1 entries- ગુનેગાર noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Hebrew
2 entries- פְּלִילִי adj (of or relating to crime)
- עֲבַרְיָן noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Hindi
4 entries- आपराधिक adj (of or relating to crime)
- अपराधी noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- दोषी noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- मुजरिम noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Hungarian
4 entries- büntető adj (of or relating to crime)
- büntetőjogi adj (of or relating to crime)
- bűnvádi adj (of or relating to crime)
- bűnös adj (being against the law)
Icelandic
1 entries- glæpamaður noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Indonesian
4 entries- bajingan adj (abhorrent or very undesirable)
- kriminal adj (of or relating to crime)
- melanggar hukum adj (being against the law)
- bajingan noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Interlingua
1 entries- criminal noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- بِزِهْکار noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- جِنایَتْکار noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- مُجْرِم noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- گُناهْکار noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Irish
1 entries- coirpeach noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Italian
3 entries- criminale adj (being against the law)
- criminale adj (guilty of breaking the law)
- criminale noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Japanese
4 entries- 犯罪的 adj (being against the law)
- 犯人 noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- 犯罪人 noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- 犯罪者 noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Kazakh
1 entries- қылмыскер noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Khmer
2 entries- ខាងបទឧក្រិដ្ឋ adj (of or relating to crime)
- ឧក្រិដ្ឋជន noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Korean
4 entries- 범죄적 adj (being against the law)
- 죄인 adj (guilty of breaking the law)
- 범인 noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- 범죄인 noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Kumyk
1 entries- жинаятчы noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- кылмышкер noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Lao
2 entries- ຄົນຮ້າຽ noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- ຜູ້ຮ້າຽ noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Latin
4 entries- scelestus adj (being against the law)
- scelestus adj (guilty of breaking the law)
- scelestus noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- scelus noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Latvian
2 entries- noziedzniece noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- noziedznieks noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Lithuanian
2 entries- nusikaltėlis noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- nusikaltėlė noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Macedonian
4 entries- злосторен adj (guilty of breaking the law)
- злосторнички adj (being against the law)
- кримина́лен adj (being against the law)
- кримина́лен adj (of or relating to crime)
Marathi
1 entries- गुन्हेगार noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Mongolian
4 entries- гэмт noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- гэмт хэрэгтэн noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- гэмтэн noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- хэрэгтэн noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Norman
3 entries- crînminnel adj (being against the law)
- crînminnel adj (guilty of breaking the law)
- crînminnel adj (of or relating to crime)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- gunehkar noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- tawanbar noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- tawankar noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- kriminell adj (being against the law)
- kriminell adj (guilty of breaking the law)
- kriminell adj (of or relating to crime)
- forbryter noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- kriminell adj (being against the law)
- kriminell adj (guilty of breaking the law)
- kriminell adj (of or relating to crime)
- forbrytar noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Old English
1 entries- wearg noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Pannonian Rusyn
2 entries- злодїєц noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- криминалєц noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Pashto
2 entries- جنايتکار noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- مجرم noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Persian
4 entries- جزایی adj (being against the law)
- جزایی adj (of or relating to crime)
- مجرم adj (guilty of breaking the law)
- کیفری adj (of or relating to crime)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Vebräakja noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Polish
4 entries- kryminalny adj (being against the law)
- kryminalny adj (of or relating to crime)
- przestępczy adj (being against the law)
- kryminalista noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Portuguese
4 entries- criminal adj (of or relating to crime)
- criminoso adj (being against the law)
- culpado adj (guilty of breaking the law)
- criminosa noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Romanian
4 entries- criminal adj (being against the law)
- infracțional adj (being against the law)
- infractoare noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- infractor noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Romansch
3 entries- criminal adj (being against the law)
- criminal adj (guilty of breaking the law)
- criminal adj (of or relating to crime)
Russian
4 entries- кримина́льный adj (being against the law)
- кримина́льный adj (of or relating to crime)
- престу́пный adj (being against the law)
- уголо́вный adj (being against the law)
Sanskrit
1 entries- अकृत्य adj (being against the law)
Scots
1 entries- creeminal adj (being against the law)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- eucoireach adj (being against the law)
- eucoireach adj (guilty of breaking the law)
- eucoireach adj (of or relating to crime)
- eucoireach noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kriminálac noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- krimìnālka noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- zlòčinac noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- zlòčīnka noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Slovak
4 entries- kriminálnik noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- kriminálnička noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- zločinec noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- zločinka noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Slovene
4 entries- kriminalka noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- kriminálec noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- zločinec noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- zločinka noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Southern Altai
2 entries- каршулу керек эткен кижи noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- каршучыл noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Spanish
1 entries- criminal noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Swahili
4 entries- mhalifu adj (being against the law)
- mhalifu adj (guilty of breaking the law)
- mhalifu adj (of or relating to crime)
- mhalifu adj (abhorrent or very undesirable)
Swedish
2 entries- brottsling noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- förbrytare noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Tajik
3 entries- гунаҳкор noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- муҷрим noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- ҷинояткор noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Tamil
1 entries- குற்றவாளி noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Tatar
1 entries- җинаятьче noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Thai
3 entries- อาชญากร adj (of or relating to crime)
- คนร้าย noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- ผู้ร้าย noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Turkish
3 entries- kriminel adj (of or relating to crime)
- kriminel noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- suçlu noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Turkmen
3 entries- jenaýatcy noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- jenaýatkär noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- jenaýatly noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Ukrainian
4 entries- злочи́нний adj (being against the law)
- криміна́льний adj (being against the law)
- злочи́нець noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- злочи́нниця noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Upper Sorbian
2 entries- złóstnica noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- złóstnik noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Urdu
4 entries- فوجداری adj (of or relating to crime)
- مجرمانہ adj (of or relating to crime)
- اَپْرادِھی noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- مُجرِم noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Uyghur
1 entries- جىنايەتچى noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Uzbek
4 entries- harakat adj (being against the law)
- harakat adj (of or relating to crime)
- jinoyat adj (of or relating to crime)
- jinoyatchi noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Vietnamese
3 entries- hình sự adj (of or relating to crime)
- tội phạm adj (of or relating to crime)
- tội phạm noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Volapük
4 entries- krimik adj (of or relating to crime)
- midunik adj (of or relating to crime)
- hikriman noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- himidunan noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Welsh
3 entries- troseddol adj (of or relating to crime)
- troseddwr noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
- troseddwyr noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Yiddish
3 entries- פֿאַרברעכעריש adj (being against the law)
- קרימינעל adj (being against the law)
- פֿאַרברעכער noun (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
That is a criminal offense, and you will surely be punished!
Source: tatoeba (42184)
The criminal gave himself up to the police.
Source: tatoeba (44414)
The criminal is sure to do time for robbing the store.
Source: tatoeba (44415)
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