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[krim-uh-nl]

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adjective

of the nature of or involving crime.

guilty of crime.

Law. of or pertaining to crime or its punishment: a criminal proceeding.

senseless; foolish: It's criminal to waste so much good food.

exorbitant; grossly overpriced: They charge absolutely criminal prices.

noun

a person guilty or convicted of a crime.

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a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like

an allegation that a fact exists that is known not to exist, made by authority of law to bring a case within the operation of a rule of law

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

Related forms

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

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

Antonyms
1. lawful. 2. innocent.

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Example Sentences

Reintroducing criminal animal cruelty laws would change how corporations make decisions in farm and factory practices.

If criminal background checks were performed on the thousands of players in question, the numbers would be way higher.

Both countries have been strong supporters of a permanent international criminal court.

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Reintroducing criminal animal cruelty laws would change how corporations make decisions in farm and factory practices.

If criminal background checks were performed on the thousands of players in question, the numbers would be way higher.

Both countries have been strong supporters of a permanent international criminal court.

Juries can decide the facts in criminal and civil cases.

On top of that, capital punishment is extremely costly to administer and has never been shown to deter criminal behavior.

In the criminal justice system, there are those who meet their downfall through their relationship to food.

Antisocial or criminal behavior may stem from damage to the part of the brain that governs moral reasoning.

It is central to fundamental fairness in criminal cases.

Iona absolutely ought to refer this matter to the police for a criminal investigation.

The criminal justice system, by the government's own admission, functions poorly.

These vehicles can be used on both patrol and on a criminal pursuit.

Not everyone who does things criminal is going to be diagnosed as a psychopath.

At the time, there was no international criminal court.

Audio forensic examiners are asked to authenticate recordings presented as evidence in criminal and civil court cases.

There were no criminal referrals from the regulators.

The basis of her firing has to be other than alleged criminal activity.

The seizure of this cash means some smugglers will not be able to make payments for their criminal activities.

It is criminal to poison the land where plants used in production of drugs are found.

Shooting a crossbow with connecting fishing line then dragging that across a limb, cutting deeply into the bark is criminal.

Studies of twins show that heredity is a major factor in criminal conduct.

Strauss-Kahn had the encounter that is the subject of the criminal charges.

Depressive symptoms in criminal offenders in early coercive substance abuse treatment.

Motion-activated lights can also help reduce both light pollution and criminal activity.

To lobby for continued coal combustion is in my opinion a criminal offence.

We define it as a criminal investigation of people that need to be brought to justice.

The cost for the criminal history report will be the responsibility of the successful candidate.

Criminal gangs are now fueling demand for the primates among well-to-do restaurant patrons.

Accusations fly over criminal dumping and scuttling of cargo ships carrying industrial and radioactive waste.

Just ask anyone you know who is involved in criminal justice.

It is true that criminal mafias control some of the traffic in people, and they will be difficult to root out.

They're tired of the criminal bureaucracy, of corruption and chaos.

In this way actions can escalate from to cheering to criminal behavior.

At times he has declared his innocence and then later confessed to being a willing criminal.

Electronic record-keeping is making expungement of criminal records much harder to accomplish.

When a renowned scholar of criminal law and procedure says the criminal-justice system is in ruin, the indictment should stick.

The term criminal is reserved for people who has broken a criminal law.

They cannot be used to identify someone in criminal proceedings.

The worm exposes the sophisticated international criminal networks behind modern computer viruses.

Politicians who do not agree on much else agree that the nation's broken criminal justice system must be fixed.

I've been on several campus visits in different states where the school asked me to fill out a criminal background check form.

It does not mean that the tax payer should provide a criminal a comfy stay in prison and it does not prohibit the death penalty.

Suspects and people caught committing criminal activities.

Neurological evidence can affect the outcome of criminal cases even if juries never hear it.

Here's the scoop on four cases of criminal behavior involving the local ice cream man.

Chinese security officials hire criminal bot herders to launch the denial of service attacks.

Reader responds to an editorial about the nation's broken criminal justice system.

The idea that a person's genes or hormones could lead to criminal behavior has long been out of favor and provokes.

The worm exposes the sophisticated international criminal networks.

Once again, we're serving up a helping of criminal behavior involving food.

Drug dealers and organized criminal factions use them.

Employment will require a successful criminal background check.

Steve's suggestion of life imprisonment for any criminal conviction poses an interesting philosophical question.

Applicants are subject to a criminal background check.

Today, moonshine can be a kind of gateway criminal activity to more dangerous crimes.

Prohibit smoking will do the criminal element a huge favor.

The keeping of such items is thievery and should be consider a criminal act, no matter for what reason.

Successful completion of an employment and/or criminal history background check required.

Here he is in steampunk bulldozer criminal catching.

Successful finalists must consent to and successfully complete a criminal background check.

It is better than becoming an alcoholic, smoker, or criminal.

London police unveil a database program to track misbehaving children, ostensibly to head off future criminal behavior.

Now, the criminal bikers are on a quest for global domination.

You'd be up on criminal negligence charges if one were hurt.

Qumran has prompted bitter feuds and even a recent criminal investigation.

Botnets are running rampant as online criminal organizations grow more diverse and often operate with near-impunity.

All positions are subject to a criminal background check.

Pirates often have to suffer the death penalty for their criminal actions.

If one criminal decides to talk while the other doesn t, the talker will go free and his accomplice will get a ten-year sentence.

Criminal law generally aims to protect persons, property, or the state from serious harm.

Glad that happened though rather than going through the criminal system.

Both of the cases that move on to a criminal phase involved the.

Moreover, they can affect important social outcomes ranging from criminal sentencing to electoral success.

Employment offers will be conditioned upon successful completion of a criminal background check.

The successful candidate will be subject to a background check, including a criminal history check.

In fact it is unethical and should be banned as a criminal offence.

I've heard that there are opportunities in criminal justice, if that is of interest.

As she said herself, she is a drugsaddict and not a criminal.

Mohamed faces criminal prosecution for trumped-up charges, he says, that he attacked other students.

The university did not press criminal charges against any students or nonstudent employees involved in the case.

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World English Dictionary

criminal (ˈkrɪmɪn^əl)

—n
1.	a person charged with and convicted of crime
2.	a person who commits crimes for a living

—*adj*
3.	of, involving, or guilty of crime
4.	(prenominal) of or relating to crime or its punishment: criminal court; criminal lawyer
5.	informal senseless or deplorable: a criminal waste of money

[C15: from Late Latin crīminālis; see crime, -al¹]

'criminally

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

criminal

early 15c. (adj.), from Fr. criminel (11c.), from L. criminalis, from L. crimen (gen. criminis); see crime, preserving the Latin -n-. As a noun, from 1620s. Criminal law (or criminal justice) distinguished from civil in English at least since late 15c.

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