desperado
noun
[ ˌdɛspəˈrɑːdəʊ ]
• a desperate or reckless person, especially a criminal.
Similar:
bandit,
criminal,
outlaw,
renegade,
marauder,
raider,
robber,
lawbreaker,
villain,
thug,
ruffian,
tough,
hooligan,
cut-throat,
gangster,
pirate,
swashbuckler,
terrorist,
gunman,
hoodlum,
Origin:
early 17th century: pseudo-Spanish alteration of the obsolete noun desperate . Both desperate and desperado originally denoted a person in despair or in a desperate situation, hence someone made reckless by despair.
