Another way to say “criminal”

British thieves' cant and Romani-influenced slang, related to 'dinaree' or 'dinero' (Spanish for money). Used in 18th–19th century flash language to mean cash or coin. Carried the same casual street energy as modern slang terms like 'dough' or 'bread,' signalling insider knowledge of criminal argot.

A state of laser-focused, no-nonsense, results-driven behavior where someone embodies the AG (actual gangster or aggressive go-getter) mentality completely. When someone flips into ag mode they cut the chatter, stop caring about perception, and just execute — whether in competition, business, or social situations.

Deliberately and intensely optimizing every aspect of one's life or craft to embody peak AG (actual gangster / aggressive go-getter) status. Goes beyond casual effort into an obsessive, identity-level commitment to dominance, efficiency, and hard results — zero softness allowed.

An old British criminal slang term for a thief who specifically targeted churches — robbing from the collection plate, stealing candlesticks, or making off with anything not bolted down in a place of worship. 'Kirk' is the Scottish and Northern English word for church, and 'buzzer' was thieves' cant for a pickpocket or pilferer. The word is long obsolete but has a certain roguish charm that keeps it popping up in historical crime writing and Victoriana.

Obsolete British criminal slang from the thieves' cant tradition, meaning to divide the stolen loot among the members of a criminal crew. Nap here means to take or seize, and regulars refers to the established shares owed to each person. Thieves' cant was a deliberate secret language used by criminals, beggars, and traveling people in 17th–19th century Britain to talk openly without being understood by outsiders.

A plural form of 'mazuma,' an early 20th-century American slang term for money or cash. Typically used in informal, often humorous contexts, it carries a slightly old-fashioned, Runyonesque flavor — the kind of word you'd find in a 1920s gangster film or a Damon Runyon short story. It conveys not just currency but a certain breezy, street-smart attitude about wealth. Largely obsolete today but occasionally revived for comedic or nostalgic effect.

An obsolete British slang term for a farthing, the smallest denomination of British pre-decimal currency — worth one quarter of a penny. The word is a diminutive formation, reinforcing the coin's negligible value. It appears in 18th and 19th-century slang dictionaries and literary works depicting working-class or criminal slang, where coins of every denomination had their own vocabulary. The farthing itself was withdrawn from circulation in 1960, taking most of its slang synonyms with it.

Obsolete English thieves' cant for nighttime or 'the night', used by 16th and 17th century criminal underworld communities to refer to the dark hours when illicit activity was most easily conducted. Part of a rich vocabulary of Elizabethan and Jacobean criminal slang documented in canting dictionaries of the period. 'Darkmans' pairs with 'lightmans' (daytime). Today the word is of purely historical and literary interest, appearing in period crime fiction, academic study of cant, and occasionally in fantasy or historical RPG settings.

A dual-meaning slang phrase. In dated British usage it meant to arrest or transport someone to prison. In more modern and widely used sense it means to slack off or be lazy. The shirking sense is the one most likely to be understood today, while the arresting sense belongs to older criminal cant.

Contrary to, forbidden, or not authorized by law, especially criminal law.

A violent, aggressive, or truculent person.

A hired thug.

(AAVE, slang) Someone who is both a thug and a gangsta.

(internet, Internet slang, criminal law) A photograph or video of a minor or target containing an inscription (often their username, a group name, or a slur) coerced by predatory online networks such as 764 or the com as a form of humiliation, extortion, or proof of grooming.

(India, criminal law) , the former official criminal code of India.

(chiefly, India, Pakistan, Myanmar) A bandit or armed robber, especially in former parts of British India.

(South Africa) A member of an urban criminal gang.

(South Africa) A young male criminal gang member.

(law, automotive, chiefly, Canada) A criminal offense; the act of driving while impaired .

(Canada, crime, law, politics, constitution, human rights) A rule regarding the length of a criminal court case, usually limited to eighteen or thirty months from filing charges to trial.

(US, law) A type of plea in a criminal proceeding where the defendant neither admits nor denies guilt but consents to the imposition of punishment as if guilty.

(US, legal) A plea in criminal court in which the defendant does not admit guilt but concedes the government has sufficient evidence to convict.

(AU) memorabilia associated with the outlaw Ned Kelly and his gang.

(Australia, dated) Someone, usually a criminal, who keeps watch; a lookout.

(UK, law, formal) The criminal offence of bilking.

(UK, law, formal) To commit the criminal offence of making off without payment.

(UK, Ireland, law enforcement) A process by which a witness confirms the identity of a criminal suspect, by viewing the suspect together with other people who were not involved in the crime.

(obsolete, UK, thieves) A rascal; a dishonest person; a man belonging to a criminal gang.

(loosely) The criminal offence of causing actual bodily harm.

(law, UK, obsolete) A thief who steals livestock in large quantities.

(UK, slang, obsolete) A thief who frequents theaters.

(AU, derogatory, slang) A delinquent teenager; a chav.

(transitive, British) To prosecute someone for a criminal offence.

(of the arms) With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.