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
Example Sentences
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Afterward, Dmitry Gorin, one of Grossman’s lawyers, called Orange County lab criminalist Kelly Brown to testify.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2022
But they didn’t get a match until a criminalist at the New Hampshire State Police Forensic Lab manually plotted the characteristics from one of Morris’s fingers.
From Washington Times • Apr. 6, 2020
He was, until October 2016, a criminalist at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in the Department of Forensic Biology in New York.
From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2018
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
It would seem that the criminalist might save himself much work by observing the laughter of his subjects.
From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Gross, Hans Gustav Adolf
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