lawbreaker

lawbreaker

noun

Definition of LAWBREAKER

a person who has committed a crime <legislation that mandates lengthy prison sentences for chronic lawbreakers>

Synonyms crook, culprit, felon, lawbreaker, malefactor, miscreant, offender

Related Words misdemeanant; accomplice, principal; desperado, outlaw; convict, jailbird; perp, perpetrator; evildoer, gallows bird, misdoer, misfeasor, sinner, transgressor, trespasser, villain, wrongdoer; blackhander, button man, gangster, hoodlum, hooligan, mobster, racketeer, thug; enforcer, gun, gunman, gunsel [slang], hit man, triggerman; backslider, recidivist, relapser, repeater; accused, arrestee, defendant, detainee, fish, suspect

Near Antonyms gangbuster, lawman