Criminals

[krim-uh-nl]

crim·i·nal

[krim-uh-nl]
adjective
1.
of the nature of or involving crime.
2.
guilty of crime.
3.
Law. of or pertaining to crime or its punishment: a criminal proceeding.
4.
senseless; foolish: It's criminal to waste so much good food.
5.
exorbitant; grossly overpriced: They charge absolutely criminal prices.
noun
6.
a person guilty or convicted of a crime.

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Criminals is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French < Late Latin crīminālis, equivalent to Latin crīmin- (stem of crīmen; see crime) + -ālis -al1

crim·i·nal·ly, adverb
non·crim·i·nal, adjective, noun
non·crim·i·nal·ly, adverb
qua·si-crim·i·nal, adjective
qua·si-crim·i·nal·ly, adverb
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sub·crim·i·nal, adjective
sub·crim·i·nal·ly, adverb
su·per·crim·i·nal, adjective, noun
su·per·crim·i·nal·ly, adverb
un·crim·i·nal, adjective
un·crim·i·nal·ly, adverb
COLLAPSE


1. felonious, unlawful. See illegal. 6. malefactor, evildoer, transgressor, culprit, felon, crook, hoodlum, gangster.


1. lawful. 2. innocent.

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