Other Word Forms
- noncriminality noun
Etymology
Origin of criminality
From the Medieval Latin word crīminālitās, dating back to 1605–15. See criminal, -ity
Example Sentences
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Police Scotland said no criminality had been established and the area had been made safe.
From BBC
Dozens of people have been killed in the months-long campaign, but the administration has not publicly provided evidence for its assertions of criminality in each case.
From BBC
He added: "We are tightening the law to clamp down on illegal working in the delivery sector to root out this criminality from our communities."
From BBC
According to historian Howard Sachar, “By the 1920s, ‘Jews’ and ‘criminality’ ceased to be interchangeable terms in the public vernacular.”
Last year, the FBI labeled crypto a hive of “pervasive” criminality.
From Los Angeles Times
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