criminal vs nonlawful

criminal

adj
  • Against the law; forbidden by law. 

  • Guilty of breaking the law. 

  • Abhorrent or very undesirable. 

  • Of or relating to crime or penal law. 

noun
  • A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law. 

nonlawful

adj
  • Not lawful; unlawful. 

How often have the words criminal and nonlawful occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )