913; sinner; the wicked &c 945; bad example.
villain, rascal, scoundrel, miscreant, budmash†, caitiff†; wretch,
reptile, viper, serpent, cockatrice, basilisk, urchin; tiger†, monster;
devil &c (demon) 980; devil incarnate; demon in human shape, Nana
Sahib; hellhound, hellcat; rakehell†.
bad woman, jade, Jezebel.
scamp, scapegrace, rip, runagate, ne'er-do-well, reprobate,
scalawag, scallawag.
roué [Fr.], rake; Sadist; skeesicks [Slang], skeezix [U.S.];
limb; one who has sold himself to the devil, fallen angel, ame damnee
[Fr.], vaurien†, mauvais sujet [Fr.], loose fish, sad dog; rounder
[Slang]; lost sheep, black sheep; castaway, recreant, defaulter;
prodigal &c 818.
rough, rowdy, hooligan, tough, ugly customer, mean mother [Coll.],
ruffian, bully, meanie [Joc.]; Jonathan Wild; hangman.
incendiary, arsonist, fire bug [U.S.].
thief &c 792; murderer, terrorist &c 361.
[person who violates the criminal law] culprit, delinquent, crook,
hoodlum, hood, criminal, thug, malefactor, offender, perpetrator, perp
[Coll.]; disorderly person, misdemeanant [Law]; outlaw; scofflaw;
vandal; felon, (convicted criminal); criminal; convict, prisoner,
inmate, jail bird, ticket of leave man; multiple offender.
blackguard, polisson†, loafer, sneak; rapscallion, rascallion†;
cullion†, mean wretch, varlet, kern†, ame-de-boue [Fr.], drole†; cur,
dog, hound†, whelp†, mongrel†; lown†, loon, runnion†, outcast, vagabond;
rogue &c (knave) 941; ronian†; scum of the earth, riffraff; Arcades
ambo†.
Int. sirrah!†,
Phr. Acherontis pabulum†; gibier de potence [Fr.].