offender; criminal; culprit
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
flagrante delicto; caught red-handed
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
habitual criminal; recidivist; recidivism; habitual criminal activity
crime of conscience; premeditated crime; act carried out while knowing that it should not be
crime committed for fun; criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes
lone criminal; sole perpetrator; crime carried out by one person
copycat criminal; copycat crime
political offense; political offence; political crime; political offender; political prisoner; prisoner of conscience
criminal; culprit; offender; rogue
escaped prisoner; fugitive
second offense; second offence; reoffending; recidivism
fugitive from justice; fugitive criminal
ideological offense; crime of espousing dangerous ideas; political crime; ideological offender; thought crime
violent crime; violent offense; violent criminal; perpetrator of a violent crime
intellectual crime; white-collar crime; intellectual criminal; smart criminal
punishable offense; crime
political offence; political offense
felony; major offence; felon; old offender
perpetrator of a bizarre murder
criminal offense; criminal offence
violation (of the law, regulations, etc.); infringement; breach; infraction
repeated offense; repeated offence; recidivism
continuing offense (multiple consecutive offenses treated a single crime; repealed in 1947); continuing offence
principal offense; principal offence; principal offender
military offense; military offence
implicated offense (where the means or result constitutes a separate offense); connected offense
offense against public morals; morals offense; vice crime
being likely to commit a crime; pre-delinquency
status offense; status crime; crime requiring a specific status (to commit)
malum in se; act inherently wrong by nature
wanted criminal; suspect on a police wanted list
would-be crime abandoned before being carried out
single crime consisting of multiple independent crimes (i.e. robbery, which consists of theft and threats or use of violence)
habitual criminal; recidivist; recidivism; habitual criminal activity
single crime that naturally consists of a number of incidences and is charged as only one count (e.g. habitual gambling); crime whose goal requires a large number of people acting together (e.g. insurrection)
crime instigated by external circumstances
aggravated consequential offense; crime aggravated by results
malum prohibitum; unlawful act by virtue of statute
violations of special law
accessory offense; accessory offence
crime of negligence; careless offense; careless offence
aggravated offense; aggravated crime
occasional crime; crime instigated by external circumstances
crime whose goal requires a large number of people acting together (e.g. insurrection)