Criminal and Evil

Criminal

Criminal adjective - Contrary to or forbidden by law.
Usage example: people should know with certainty that criminal behavior will be punished

Evil is a synonym for criminal in wrong topic. In some cases you can use "Evil" instead an adjective "Criminal".

Evil

Evil adjective - Not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable.

Criminal is a synonym for evil. Sometimes you can use "Criminal" instead an adjective "Evil".

Nearby Word: evilly

How words are described

human human criminal human evil
old old criminal old evil
good good criminal good evil
true true criminal true evil
Other adjectives: single, petty, powerful, actual, real, great, bad, horrible, potential, new, outright, mysterious, worst, greatest, insane, worse, sadistic.

Both words in one sentence

  • Dark wizards are evil/criminal wizards but Black wizards are servants of one of the seven Dark Powers.
  • You Are Number 6 An episode of Megas XLR takes place on an idyllic prison planet full of evil/criminal giant robots all identified by number.
  • In every instance good shall triumph over evil and the criminal punished for his misdeeds.
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