criminal
/ˈkɹɪm.ɪ.nəl/ noun B1- A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.
Plural criminals
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With the deputy’s knowledge of crime and criminals, every word the young man uttered convinced him more and more of his innocence.
“The famous scientific criminal, as famous among crooks as—”
But in calling Moriarty a criminal you are uttering libel in the eyes of the law—and there lie the glory and the wonder of it!
He was a master criminal, and he lived last century—1750 or thereabouts.”
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