[ US /ˈkɹɪmənəɫ/ ]
[ UK /kɹˈɪmɪnə‍l/ ]
NOUN
  1. someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
ADJECTIVE
  1. involving or being or having the nature of a crime
    felonious intent
    criminal abuse
    a criminal offense
  2. guilty of crime or serious offense
    criminal in the sight of God and man
  3. bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
    a deplorable act of violence
    adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife
    a criminal waste of talent
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How To Use criminal In A Sentence

  • He identified the corpse as the criminal hunted after.
  • All four men continue to deny any wrongdoing under the criminal and sporting proceedings. Times, Sunday Times
  • The "lawmen" in the Justice Department, etc, who are doing the hard work to bring these Wall Street criminals to the courthouse will be compromised. Stephen Gyllenhaal: Goldman and Sachs and Lipstick and Rouge
  • I think the argument of race as a cause of criminality like Walter brings up is somewhat off-point - The reason why those racial divides in criminality show up is mainly because those lines go together with education - or rather: the lack of good education. Can a Godless Society be a
  • This is criminal negligence at best or treason at worst. The Sun
  • by lawful/legal means. Lawful tends to be used in technical or literary contexts. The same is true of the opposites, unlawful and illegal, but illegal is used especially about criminal activities. Legal also means 'connected with the law':the US legal system.
  • A group of soldiers loyal to their warlord came over the hills, looking for a common criminal.
  • In the end the sentence-for criminal conspiracy, corruption and bribery-was a compromise.
  • See, Stuart is like all the rest of the blood thirsty criminals in D.C., … ya seel hundreds of thousands more brown people will be killed because he's arrognt enough, he's evil enough and doggonnit Satan likes him! Franken Tells Pickens To Blow it Elsewhere « Antiwar.com Blog
  • Incommon law countries such as Canada, thetest of criminalliabilityis expressed by theLatinphrase, actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea, which means that “the act does not make a person guilty unless the mind is also guilty”. Man Not Criminally Responsible for Greyhound Bus Beheading; Victim’s Family Call for Punishment : Law is Cool
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