Criminal and Wrong

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Criminal

Criminal adjective - Contrary to or forbidden by law.

Usage example: people should know with certainty that criminal behavior will be punished

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Wrong is a synonym for criminal in unlawful topic. In some cases you can use "Wrong" instead an adjective "Criminal", when it comes to topics like lawless.

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

Wrong

Wrong adjective - Contrary to conscience or morality or law.

Usage example: cheating is wrong

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Criminal is a synonym for wrong in immoral topic. You can use "Criminal" instead an adjective "Wrong", if it concerns topics such as illegal.

Nearby Words: wrongful, wrongly, wronging, wronged, wrongfully

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old	old criminal	old wrong
good	good criminal	good wrong
particular	particular criminal	particular wrong
better	better criminal	better wrong
Other adjectives: normal, common, certain, dead, single, actual, real, great, bad, new, minor, mysterious, greatest.

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In Detective Conan no matter the reason(s) behind a crime; Shinichi/Conan will state that it is still wrong and the criminal must face the consequences for their actions.

Source: Black and White Morality
Little Odessa ends with the protagonist's brother being shot due to his brother's criminal activities and being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Source: Downer Ending / Film
Six points out that, some way or another, it is all going to go wrong because the person who had this childhood still wound up as a criminal on the ship.

Source: Series / Dark Matter

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