Criminal and Executioner

Criminal

Criminal noun - A person who has committed a crime.

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Executioner and criminal are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Executioner" instead a noun "Criminal".

Executioner noun - An official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant.

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Criminal and executioner are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Criminal" instead a noun "Executioner".

Nearby Words: execution, executor

old	old criminal	old executioner
female	female criminal	female executioner
dead	dead criminal	dead executioner
notorious	notorious criminal	notorious executioner
Other adjectives: powerful, evil, infamous, potential, new, professional, former, Nazi, last, occasional, masked, sadistic.

However, his affair with an executioner's daughter allowed him to obtain a hanged criminal.

Source: I Owe You My Life
Ironically enough, the victim asks his executioner at the start of the film if he's prepared to shoot a hardened criminal in the back to prevent him being acquitted.

Source: The Killer Becomes the Killed
Last Res0rt uses a downplayed version of this routinely as a preventative measure / enforced "curfew" on criminal players staying in the Executioner's Quarters.

Source: Chained to a Bed

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