criminal β A criminal is a person who regularly commits crimes.
debtor β A debtor is a country, organization, or person who owes money.
defaulter β A defaulter is someone who does not do something that they are legally supposed to do, such as make a payment at a particular time, or appear in a court of law.
felon β an acute and painful inflammation of the deeper tissues of a finger or toe, usually near the nail: a form of whitlow.
juvenile delinquent β a minor who cannot be controlled by parental authority and commits antisocial or criminal acts, as vandalism or violence.
lawbreaker β a person who breaks or violates the law.
offender β to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in: Even the hint of prejudice offends me.
wrongdoer β a person who does wrong, especially a sinner or transgressor.
behind β If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of them from you, or nearer their back rather than their front.
blackguard β an unprincipled contemptible person; scoundrel
culprit β When you are talking about a crime or something wrong that has been done, you can refer to the person who did it as the culprit.
dawdler β to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter: Stop dawdling and help me with these packages!
deadbeat β If you refer to someone as a deadbeat, you are criticizing them because you think they are lazy and do not want to be part of ordinary society.
deadhead β A deadhead is someone who uses a free ticket to see a show, or for a plane or train trip.
derelict β A place or building that is derelict is empty and in a bad state of repair because it has not been used or lived in for a long time.
desperado β A desperado is someone who does illegal, violent things without worrying about the danger.
jailbird β a person who is or has been confined in jail; convict or ex-convict.
loafer β a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
neglect β to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
outlaw β a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
punk β Slang. something or someone worthless or unimportant. a young ruffian; hoodlum. an inexperienced youth. a young male partner of a homosexual. an apprentice, especially in the building trades. Prison Slang. a boy.
black sheep β If you describe someone as the black sheep of their family or of a group that they are a member of, you mean that they are considered bad or worthless by other people in that family or group.
juvie β a juvenile, especially a juvenile delinquent.
young offender β a criminal who, according to the law, is not yet an adult but no longer a child
idealist β a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc. Synonyms: optimist, perfectionist, reformer, visionary, utopianist. Antonyms: pragmatist, skeptic, cynic.
romanticist β an adherent of romanticism in literature or art (contrasted with classicist).
houdini β Harry (Erich Weiss) 1874β1926, U.S. magician.
escapee β A person who has escaped from somewhere, especially prison.
escapist β Intended for or tending toward escape; especially, used to avoid, deny, or forget about reality, as through fantasy.
escapologist β An entertainer specializing in escaping from the confinement of such things as ropes, handcuffs, and chains.
fugitive β a person who is fleeing, from prosecution, intolerable circumstances, etc.; a runaway: a fugitive from justice; a fugitive from a dictatorial regime.
runaway β a person who runs away; fugitive; deserter.
