criminal
- a person guilty or convicted of a crime.
Origin of criminal
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scandalous, illegal, unlawful, vicious, illegitimate, deplorable, corrupt, illicit, immoral, senseless, culprit, offender, crook, hooligan, fugitive, gangster, hoodlum, felon, thug, convictExamples from the Web for criminal
Contemporary Examples of criminal
The judges who handle arraignments at criminal court in all five boroughs have a small fraction of their usual caseloads.
But most likely it was linked to the way priests identify with the poor in the face of government and criminal abuses.
Like any service for hire, it is extremely important for the traffickers to provide a reputable service, criminal as it is.
Having a criminal record can reduce the likelihood of getting a callback or job offer by 50 percent.
“There is nothing whatsoever in the video which supports the charges—it shows no criminal activity,” Bakir said.
Historical Examples of criminal
Wastefulness, profligacy, or favoritism in public expenditures is criminal.
If we concede to the criminal the right to a further chance we concede it to ourselves.
The Conquest of FearBasil King
She had been reared in a criminal family, which must excuse much.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
It demanded that she be the criminal it had branded her—if she were to live at all.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
Would it be so criminal when it all tends to what is honourable—marriage?
The Imaginary InvalidMolire
criminal
- a person charged with and convicted of crime
- a person who commits crimes for a living
- of, involving, or guilty of crime
- (prenominal) of or relating to crime or its punishmentcriminal court; criminal lawyer
- informal senseless or deplorablea criminal waste of money
Word Origin for criminal
Word Origin and History for criminal
early 15c., from Middle French criminel (11c.), from Latin criminalis "pertaining to crime," from crimen (genitive criminis); see crime. Preserves the Latin -n-. Criminal law (or criminal justice) distinguished from civil in English at least since late 15c.
1620s, from criminal (adj.).