Criminals

1. Accessory : person who though absent assists another to commit a crime or evade capture
2. Accomplice : criminals active partner in crime
3. Arsonist: person who intentionally sets fire
4. Bluebeard: any man who allegedly kills the women he married
5. Bookie: person accepting illegal bets
6. Bootlegger : seller of illegal items
7. Brigand : bandit, member of gang operating in forest or mountain
8. Burglar : thief
9. Cat burglar : one killed at breaking into buildings even those secured against thefts by climbing through windows
10. Crook: criminal
11. Delinquent : person who violates the laws
12. felon : person guilty of felony
13. fence : receiver of stolen property
14. Fugitive : person fleeing arrest or imprisonment
15. Gunmoll: gangster’s girlfriend
16. Highway man : person who stops travelers to rob them
17. Hoodlum: violent young ruffian
18. Hooligan: street gang member
19. Juvenile delinquent : criminal under the age of illegal majority
20. Kleptomaniac: person who has an urge to steal
21. Mugger : person attacking others on streets
22. Pickpocket : cannon, hook
23. Prowler : person entering another’s home for stealing
24. Squatter : person occupying other’s property illegally
25. Thug: brutal petty criminal
26. Vandal : person engaged in wanton violence to property usually not motivated by theft

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