Criminal and Innocent

known	known criminal	known innocent
old	old criminal	old innocent
good	good criminal	good innocent
female	female criminal	female innocent
Other adjectives: particular, typical, true, dead, single, real, young, random, last, worse.

Both words in one sentence

In any work of fiction in which the protagonist is a Lovable Rogue or Justified Criminal or an innocent person who has been framed for a heinous crime, the law enforcers chasing after him are inevitably going to appear unsympathetic to the audience, even if their motives are beyond reproach.

Source: Villainy-Free Villain
Dick Tracy has frequently addressed the problems that go with being the innocent relative of a criminal.

Source: Mama Didn't Raise No Criminal
The officers remarked how unlikely it was for an innocent guy to look just like a criminal living the same area.

Source: Criminal Doppelgänger

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