moll vs criminal

moll and criminal both are nouns.

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

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

moll: the girlfriend of a gangster
criminal: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

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

moll (noun)	criminal (noun)
the girlfriend of a gangster	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

moll (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