Como dizer "Elemento (criminoso)" em inglês

Gostei dessa pergunta:

O elemento fugiu do país para não ser preso.

The hunted man ran away from his country so he wouldn't get caught

uma expressão que acho bem interessante é manhunt

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/artic ... 78,00.html

Selminha,

Sugestão:

Criminal

Bons estudos!

Hey native colleagues... please provide us with some synonyms/slang for "criminal"

Do Macmillan:

criminal: someone who has committed a crime
offender: someone who has committed a crime
underworld: the criminals in a particular community, considered as a group
delinquent: someone, especially a young person, who behaves in a way that is criminal or immoral
juvenile: a young person who has committed a crime or is accused of committing a crime
gang: a group of criminals working together
lowlife: criminals and their activities
culprit: someone who is responsible for doing something bad or illegal
accomplice: someone who helps another person to do something illegal or wrong
ringleader: a leader of a group of people who are doing something illegal or wrong

Pronto, já podemos montar uma gangue bilíngue

donay tirou a palavra da minha boca.

I'm not a native one but it willl be a pleasure to help you Flávia

alguns que gosto bastante..

outlaw
fugitive
crook
deliquent
lawbreaker
suspect
bad elements

temos um exemplo de bad elements aqui:

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepubli ... gcops.html

crook
hood
hoodlum
accused
suspect
gangbanger = young gangmember
(Juvenile = anyone under the age of 18, not necessarily a delinquent)
(Lowlife = anyone with an undesirable lifestyle, not necessarily a delinquent)
(Outlaw = not used much today, very common before the 1900s)

Lembrei também de "meliante" em português.

The fugitive ran away... would be the best answer.

Thank you all...
that helped me out...

I thought of "politician" right away.