criminal

  • 11criminal — [adj] lawless, felonious bent, caught, corrupt, crooked, culpable, deplorable, dirty, heavy, hung up*, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, immoral, indictable, iniquitous, nefarious, off base*, out of line*, peccant, racket, scandalous, senseless,… …

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  • 12Criminal — Crim i*nal, n. One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 13Criminal — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Death Metal, Thrash Metal Gründung 1991 Website h …

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  • 14Criminal — Criminal, Criminell, v. lat.), peinlich, die Eigenschaft, vermöge welcher Etwas Gegenstand des Criminalrechtes od. Criminalprocesses ist. Daher ad criminalia verpflichtet, wenn ein Beamter zur Ausübung criminalgerichtlicher Befugnisse… …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 15criminal — ► NOUN ▪ a person who has committed a crime. ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to or constituting a crime. 2) informal deplorable and shocking. DERIVATIVES criminality noun criminally adverb …

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  • 16criminal — [krim′ə nəl] adj. [ME < OFr criminel < L criminalis < crimen: see CRIME] 1. having the nature of crime; being a crime 2. a) involving or relating to crime b) dealing with law cases involving crime 3. guilty of crime …

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  • 17criminal — I UK [ˈkrɪmɪn(ə)l] / US adjective *** 1) [usually before noun] relating to illegal acts The book examines the causes of criminal behaviour. a criminal offence/act: It is a criminal offence to threaten someone with violence. a) [only before noun]… …

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  • 18criminal — I adj. criminal to + inf. (it was criminal of him to do that) 2) criminal that + clause (it is criminal that he is allowed to remain in this country) II n. 1) to apprehend, arrest a criminal; to bring a criminal to justice 2) to pardon; parole;… …

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  • 19criminal — crim|i|nal1 [ krımınl ] noun count * someone who has committed a crime: The system is designed to prevent criminals from reoffending. a convicted criminal (=one who has been judged guilty in a court of law): Convicted criminals should not profit… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 20criminal — 1 / krIminFl/ adjective 1 related to or connected with crime: criminal behaviour | The boy had shown criminal tendencies since early adolescence. | a criminal offence (=a crime that can be punished by law) | criminal element (=people within a… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English