criminalist
Americannoun
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an expert in criminalistics.
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a person who studies or practices criminology; criminologist.
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an expert in criminal law.
Etymology
Origin of criminalist
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Paul Bush, a criminalist supervisor with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, testified that the DNA in the blood matched that of Burns.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2020
If another patient responded similarly to a transplant and that person went on to commit a crime, it could mislead investigators, said Brittney Chilton, a criminalist at the Sheriff’s Office forensic science division.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2019
The defense attorneys also went lightly on Los Angeles police criminalist DeWayne Wolfer, who oversaw the crime-scene investigation.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 5, 2018
A former Los Angeles police criminalist testified Monday that the letter was addressed to Beverly Hills police with the city’s name misspelled.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 16, 2018
That knowledge of human nature is for this purpose most important to the criminalist will be as little challenged as the circumstance that such knowledge can not be acquired from books.
From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Hans Gustav Adolf Gross
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