<p>I feel we should have "criminal" for your standard "street crimes" (gangs, drug-dealing, thieves, thugs etc) while "Terrorist" should be for the far more serious (mass-murder, genocide, attempted hegemony etc).. war-criminals tend towards being terrorists in the fact they have involvement in things like genocide or at the very least access to military-grade weapons and/or aids, at its worst it also has conspiracy (which would be State Terrorism (where either a nation or a small group within said nation are funding crime, usually to try and conquer other nations or powers).
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</p><p>in addition soldiers that go rogue, in my opinion, are far more dangerous than your average criminal.. hence are more like terrorists, as they have training and resources beyond what standard police forces would be able to handle.
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