Desperate Criminal (Noun)
Meaning
A bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The notorious gunslinger was known as a desperate criminal who would stop at nothing to get what he wanted.
- He became a desperate criminal after losing his family farm to the bank, and vowed to take revenge on the system that wronged him.
- As a desperate criminal, Jesse James robbed banks and trains across the American West, earning him a place in history as one of the most infamous outlaws.
- The town was held hostage by a desperate criminal who took the sheriff's family as leverage to get out of town alive.
- In the Wild West, a desperate criminal could easily get lost in the vast open spaces and start over with a new identity.