DESPERADOES Synonyms

• an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band

• someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

• bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

• guilty of crime or serious offense

• involving or being or having the nature of a crime

• someone who attacks in search of booty

• someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

• contrary to or forbidden by law

• disobedient to or defiant of law

• declare illegal; outlaw

• someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own

• someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation

• a ship that is manned by pirates

• copy illegally; of published material

• take arbitrarily or by force

• someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)

• a corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new management

• someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw

• a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

• having deserted a cause or principle

• break with established customs

• a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

• take by theft

• a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)