noncriminal

American  

[nahn-krim-uhn-uhl] / nɑnˈkrɪm ən əl /

adjective

1. not involving criminal acts, activities, or laws.

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noun

• noncriminals
  plural

1. a person who does not engage in criminal activities and who abides by the law.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• noncriminalization
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• noncriminals
  plural

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Example Sentences

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noncriminal noncriminals

This isn’t a novel finding, but it shows how deporting noncriminal immigrants is economically counterproductive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

Mayor Karen Bass campaigned on rebuilding the LAPD’s ranks, while also investing in violence prevention programs and alternatives to police for nonviolent, noncriminal calls for service.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2024

His dad, Joseph Bankman, worked on a range of FTX matters, and his mom, Barbara Fried, once called herself her son’s “partner in crime of the noncriminal sort.”

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2023

In its February response, the district said it withheld several documents, citing several Pennsylvania exemptions, including noncriminal investigations or complaints, written criticisms of an employee, or discipline, demotion or discharge records in a personnel file.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2023

For regular drivers, a violation would be considered a noncriminal traffic infraction and would count as a moving violation.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 17, 2023

The L.A. region’s surge in arrests of noncriminals has been more dramatic than the U.S. as a whole: Arrests of immigrants with no criminal convictions climbed nationally from 57% in April to 69% in June.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2025

Mr. Abbott has characterized critics’ concerns as “fear mongering,” and said that the law does not pose problems for noncriminals.

From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2018

Elzea said it can take time to remove someone from the United States, but the number of noncriminals deported is higher this year, while the number of criminals who were deported fell.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2017

For instance, one study compared the cholesterol measurements of nearly 80,000 Swedes who’d enrolled in a health-screening project against police records and found that violent criminals had significantly lower cholesterol levels than noncriminals.

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2011

But lots of violent men don't have the defective gene, while many noncriminals do.

From Time Magazine Archive

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