Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Nocent \No"cent\, n.
   A criminal. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

Nocent \No"cent\, a. [L. nocens, p. pr. of nocere to hurt. See
   {Nuisance}, {Noxious}.]
   1. Doing hurt, or having a tendency to hurt; hurtful;
      mischievous; noxious; as, nocent qualities. --I. Watts.

   2. Guilty; -- the opposite of innocent. [Obs.] --Foxe.

Source : WordNet®

nocent
     adj : having a tendency to cause harm