Someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime; SYN. felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor.
Criminal, someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime.
ETYM Hind. thag a deceiver, robber.
One of an association of robbers and murderers; a criminal.
Originally a member of a Hindu sect who strangled travelers as sacrifices to Kali, the goddess of destruction. The sect was suppressed about 1830.