Bent and Criminal

Bent

Bent adjective - Given to or marked by cheating and deception.

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Criminal and bent are semantically related in corrupt topic. In some cases you can use "Criminal" instead an adjective "Bent".

Nearby Word: bend

Criminal

Criminal adjective - Contrary to or forbidden by law.

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Synonyms for Criminal

Antonyms for Criminal

Bent and criminal are semantically related (British) in unlawful topic. Sometimes you can use "Bent" instead an adjective "Criminal", if it concerns topics such as lawless. informal substitute

Nearby Words: crime, criminality, criminate, criminally, criminalize

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How words are described

human	human bent	human criminal
certain	certain bent	certain criminal
alien	alien bent	alien criminal
powerful	powerful bent	powerful criminal
Other adjectives: evil, serial, sadistic.

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In the South Park episode "Pre-School" from season 8, a bully who the boys had sent to juvenile detention for an offense they committed returns a hardened criminal and bent on revenge.

Source: Schoolyard Bully All Grown Up
Subverted in High Noon, where Gary Cooper plays a marshall who hears that a criminal gang is coming to his Wild West town bent on revenge.

Source: Training the Peaceful Villagers
Dirty Cop: Bryan Forbes, who is so bent that it would be more accurate to say he's a criminal who goes undercover as a cop.

Source: Video Game / Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

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