DESPERATE CRIMINAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does desperate criminal mean? 

• DESPERATE CRIMINAL (noun)
  The noun DESPERATE CRIMINAL has 1 sense:

1. a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)

  Familiarity information: DESPERATE CRIMINAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DESPERATE CRIMINAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

desperado; desperate criminal

Hypernyms ("desperate criminal" is a kind of...):

criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)