Synonyms of criminals

criminals

noun

plural of criminal

as in offenders

a person who has committed a crime

car thieves, pickpockets, burglars, and other criminals

Synonyms & Similar Words

• offenders
• lawbreakers
• culprits
• defendants
• crooks
• malefactors
• miscreants
• perpetrators
• guns
• accomplices
• outlaws
• thugs
• convicts
• suspects
• villains
• gangsters
• misdemeanants
• principals
• desperadoes
• jailbirds
• hoodlums
• trespassers
• sinners
• racketeers
• wrongdoers
• mobsters
• perps
• hooligans
• transgressors
• recidivists
• fish
• evildoers
• backsliders
• arrestees
• detainees
• triggermen
• enforcers
• misdoers
• gunmen
• gunsels
• blackhanders
• misfeasors
• button men
• gallows birds
• accused
• repeaters
• relapsers
• hit men

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lawmen
• gangbusters

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of criminals

Also protect the email account associated with your Social Security profile because criminals may target it to reset other passwords. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Ford placed the inmate’s bid for clemency on the agenda of the state pardons board — an example, Lombardo claims, of the way Ford treats criminals. — Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026

As fraud losses mount and criminals use AI to scale their operations, Nasdaq Chair and CEO Adena Friedman is calling for a national strategy to coordinate efforts across the financial system and beyond. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Task Force were returning to their camp Sunday in a white all-terrain Toyota when they were ambushed by heavily armed criminals, according to the Salvadoran military. — Widlore Mérancourt, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

That's all data that hackers, scammers, and criminals of all kinds can use to create convincing phishing emails or text messages to trick you into giving them your money, additional personal data, or both. — Kim Key, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026

The Day unfolds across a single day, as police stumble across a bank robbery mid-heist, and the criminals barricade themselves inside. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026

The operation ended without any arrests because the criminals fled. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

That same month, criminals nabbed a $4 million diamond necklace from Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts (MAK). — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026