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престу́пник — meaning in English

prestupnik

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English meaning

  • con noun A dishonest scheme designed to trick someone, usually to take their money.
  • criminal adj Involving or relating to crime, or against the law.
  • felon noun Someone convicted of a felony — a serious crime.
  • lawbreaker noun One who breaks (violates) the law, a criminal.
  • offender noun A person who commits a crime or breaks the law.
  • outlaw noun A person who has broken the law and is hiding or on the run from it.

Senses

престу́пник is used for these senses in English:

  • con (slang) A convicted criminal, a convict.
  • criminal A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.
  • felon (criminal law) A person who has committed a felony; specifically, one who has been tried and convicted of such a crime.
  • lawbreaker One who breaks (violates) the law, a criminal.
  • offender A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.

con — full definition

  1. noun A dishonest scheme designed to trick someone, usually to take their money.
  2. verb To trick or cheat someone, typically for personal gain.
  3. noun A disadvantage of something, especially when weighed against its benefits.
  4. noun (informal) A convicted criminal.
  5. noun A large organized gathering for fans of a hobby or genre, such as comics or gaming.

criminal — full definition

  1. adj Involving or relating to crime, or against the law.
  2. noun A person who has committed a crime.
  3. adj Shockingly wrong or wasteful (used loosely, not in a legal sense).

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