n. A wicked person; a cruel, fierce person; one guilty of heinous crimes.n. In law, a person who has committed a felony. The term is not applicable after legal punishment has been completed.n. Felony.n. Synonyms Criminal, convict, malefactor, culprit, outlaw.Wicked; malignant; malicious; treacherous; proceeding from a depraved heart.Obtained by felony or crime; of goods, stolen.Wretched; forlorn.n. In medicine:n. An acute and painful inflammation of the deeper tissues of the finger or toe, especially of the distal phalanx, generally seated near the nail; paronychia; whitlow.n. A sort of inflammation in quadrupeds, similar to whitlow in man.