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  • noun A very skilled or powerful criminal.

Etymologies

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super- +‎ criminal

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Examples

  • The text in firebrands is by SF author Pamela Sargent, who says of Angelina: “Even her husband, the amoral supercriminal called ‘The Stainless Steel Rat,’ is hard-put to restrain his bloodthirsty wife.”

    2009 August « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2009

  • The text in firebrands is by SF author Pamela Sargent, who says of Angelina: “Even her husband, the amoral supercriminal called ‘The Stainless Steel Rat,’ is hard-put to restrain his bloodthirsty wife.”

    Angelina – Firebrand! « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2009

  • This week it was the new USA crime show White Collar, otherwise known as Catch Me if You Can for 48 Hrs. The concept: Dogged FBI agent Peter Burke releases his prize arrest – supersuave supercriminal Neil Caffrey – from jail to help the Fed track down other criminals.

    Josh Wolk's Pop Culture Club talks 'White Collar': Was it fun crime or punishment? | EW.com 2009

  • She worms her way into the vilest supercriminal organizations and retrieves sensitive information for Father Bruiser.

    Archive 2008-03-01 2008

  • She worms her way into the vilest supercriminal organizations and retrieves sensitive information for Father Bruiser.

    Vocations, Now in Five Colors! 2008

  • Is some supercriminal traveling around the city, randomly burning everything he sees for pleasure?

    Chuck Klosterman on Sports Chuck Klosterman 2009

  • Is some supercriminal traveling around the city, randomly burning everything he sees for pleasure?

    Chuck Klosterman on Sports Chuck Klosterman 2009

  • Is some supercriminal traveling around the city, randomly burning everything he sees for pleasure?

    Chuck Klosterman on Sports Chuck Klosterman 2009

  • Is some supercriminal traveling around the city, randomly burning everything he sees for pleasure?

    Chuck Klosterman on Sports Chuck Klosterman 2009

  • John Warwick's relationship with a woman, related to The Spider, is affecting his work as lieutenant for the aforementioned supercriminal.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Blue Tyson 2007

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