crim.
abbreviation
criminal.
crim.
Americanabbreviation
crim
1
British
/ krɪm /
noun
crim.
2
British
abbreviation
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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
You don’t see our newspapers filled, as your’s are, with crim. cons, in high life.
From Diary in America, Series Two by Marryat, Frederick
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
“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
That's the English way of settlin' a crim. con. case.
From A Trooper Galahad by King, Charles
“It’s very unusual for a crim or a screw to listen to a prisoner talk for very long,” he wrote in a memoir, using slang for fellow inmates and prison officers.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2022
This east London tale of a petty crim who turns to Islam had moments of greatness but could have done with fewer gangster cliches, thought Xan.
From The Guardian ● May 28, 2014
Both characters even have to suffer the death of loved ones, though Dave Lizewski's mum is whacked by a brain haemorrhage, rather than a slimy crim.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 1, 2010
If the crim inal enters a defense of insanity, can the psychiatrist be a witness against him?
From Time Magazine Archive
"She'll not pe toubting it," responded Duncan; "put, ach! ta voman 'll be hafing a crim feesage and a fearsome eye!"
From Malcolm by MacDonald, George
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