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

That is what makes seemingly basic personal information so useful to criminals. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026

Pillay, 85, received the news while attending a forum in Nuremberg, Germany, where the trials of Nazi war criminals helped lay the foundations of international law. — Stefanie Dazio, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

Let’s hope all these flock cameras that @karenbassla @gavinnewsom and everyone thinks will stop crime can find these very dangerous criminals. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

Let’s hope all these Flock cameras that @karenbassla @gavinnewsom and everyone thinks will stop crime can find these very dangerous criminals. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026

Since January 2025, the secretary said, his department has brought nearly 15,000 detainers in New York for immigrants the administration calls criminals. — Sarah Matusek, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026

But instead, far too many victims are left broken - their pain dismissed and their suffering amplified by the laws that empower criminals and silence their victims. — CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

The Financial Action Task Force, the global money-laundering watchdog, has warned that criminals exploit citizenship and residency programs to conceal their identities, launder illicit wealth and evade justice. — Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

In a world that escalated from criminals planning a heist to steal DVD players to flying in a rocketship to space, anything’s possible. — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026