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

Historically, ICE has avoided immigration enforcement at and around courthouses, especially over noncriminal proceedings, because they want to encourage people to follow proper immigration procedure.

From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2025

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

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

The high net favorability rating for American Jews comes at a time when criminal and noncriminal acts of hate against Jews have increased.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 15, 2023

He and others in the administration have pushed back on the idea that agents are going after noncriminals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2025

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

In a July 25 letter defending his strategy, Mr. Obama said that deportations of convicted criminals over all increased by 70 percent in 2010 over 2008, while the share of noncriminals among deportees was declining.

From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2011

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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