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crim.

American  

abbreviation

  1. criminal.


crim 1 British  
/ krɪm /

noun

  1. slang short for criminal

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

crim. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. criminal

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“Well, since they did away with crim. cons, there’s nothing left for females but murders and divorces, worth speaking of.”

From The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit by Harris, Richard

Let us own, too, we were ashamed, as we had good right to be ashamed, of our old crim. con. law.

From Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General by Lever, Charles James

That's the English way of settlin' a crim. con. case.

From A Trooper Galahad by King, Charles

Brown, crim. con. to be heard on or before Wednesday next.—Barley thirty-two to forty-two.—Fine upland meadow and rye grass hay, seventy to eighty.—The last pocket of hops I sold brought seven pounds fifteen shillings.

From Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities by Surtees, Robert Smith

We had no complex machinery of law; there was no such difficulty as an estate in Chancery; no Divorce Court, or cases of crim. con. that necessitated an appeal.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

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