bootlegger vs criminal

bootlegger and criminal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bootlegger	Yes	No	No	No
criminal	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, criminal is a hypernym of bootlegger; that is, criminal is a word with a broader meaning than bootlegger:

bootlegger: someone who makes or sells illegal liquor
criminal: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

Other hypernyms of bootlegger include crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw.

bootlegger (noun)	criminal (noun)
someone who makes or sells illegal liquor	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

bootlegger (adjective)	criminal (adjective)
	guilty of crime or serious offense
	involving or being or having the nature of a crime
	bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure