Criminal and Thieving

Criminal

Criminal adjective - Contrary to or forbidden by law.

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Thieving and criminal are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thieving" instead an adjective "Criminal".

Thieving adjective - Given to thievery.

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Criminal and thieving are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Criminal" instead an adjective "Thieving".

Nearby Words: thief, thievery, thieved

petty	petty criminal	petty thieving
actual	actual criminal	actual thieving

Even though the team had their criminal records expunged as a reward for their service, they are still subject to the law and are forbidden from thieving or murdering.

Source: Reality Ensues / Live-Action Films
Woe betide you if one of those recordings shows you conspiring or plotting or thieving or, I don't know, passing a political criminal the salt.

Source: Big Brother Is Watching
More seriously, the publishers of Viz were threatened with criminal prosecution for incitement to racial hatred in 1990 because of the content of a one-off strip called "The Thieving Gypsy Bastards".

Source: Comic Book / Viz

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