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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishcryminal, borrowed fromAnglo-Normancriminal, fromLate Latincriminalis, fromLatincrimen(crime).

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Adjective

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criminal (comparativemorecriminal,superlativemostcriminal)

  1. Against thelaw;forbidden by law.
  2. Guilty of breaking the law.
    • a.1729,John Rogers,The Difficulties of Obtaining Salvation:
      The neglect of any of the relative duties renders uscriminal in the sight of God.
  3. Of or relating tocrime orpenallaw.
    His longcriminal record suggests that he is a dangerous man.
    • 1827, Henry Hallam,The Constitutional History of England from the Accession ofHenry VII. to the Death ofGeorge II. [], volume(please specify |volume=I or II), London:John Murray, [],→OCLC:
      The officers and servants of the crown, violating the personal liberty, or other right of the subject[] in some cases, were liable tocriminal process.
  4. (figuratively)Abhorrent or veryundesirable.
    Printing such asinine opinions iscriminal!
    • 2020 May 6, Graeme Pickering, “Borders Railway: time for the next step”, inRail, page54:
      [...] I think it represents exceptional value for money and I think it would becriminal not to go ahead and build it."

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with nouns
  • criminal law
  • criminal justice
  • criminal court
  • criminal procedure
  • criminal prosecution
  • criminal intent
  • criminal case
  • criminal act
  • criminal action
  • criminal behavior
  • criminal offenceliability
  • criminal investigation
  • criminal conduct
  • criminal defense
  • criminal trial
  • criminal history
  • criminal responsibility
  • criminal lawyer
  • criminal tribunal
  • criminal appeal
  • criminal process
  • criminal background
  • criminal mind
  • criminal conspiracy
  • criminal evidence
  • criminal gang
  • criminal organization
  • criminal underworld
  • criminal jurisprudence
  • criminal offender
  • criminal jury
  • criminal police
  • criminal past
  • criminal group
  • criminal punishment
  • criminal attorney
  • criminal violence
  • criminal report
  • criminal career
  • criminal psychology

Translations

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being against the law
guilty of breaking the law
of or relating to crime
abhorrent or very undesirable
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Noun

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criminal (pluralcriminals)

  1. A person who is guilty of acrime, notably breaking the law.
    Synonyms:lawbreaker,offender,perpetrator
    • 1963,Margery Allingham, chapter 3, inThe China Governess: A Mystery, London:Chatto & Windus,→OCLC:
      [] There's every Staffordshire crime-piece ever made in this cabinet, and that's unique. The Van Hoyer Museum in New York hasn't that very rare second version of Maria Marten's Red Barn over there, nor the little Frederick George Manning—he was thecriminal Dickens saw hanged on the roof of the gaol in Horsemonger Lane, by the way—’

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Compound words and expressions

Translations

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person guilty of a crime, breaking the law

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatincriminālis.

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Adjective

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criminal m orf (masculine and feminine pluralcriminals)

  1. criminal(against the law)
  2. criminal(guilty of breaking the law)
  3. criminal(of or relating to crime)

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Noun

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criminal m orfby sense (pluralcriminals)

  1. criminal(a person who is guilty of a crime)

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Galician

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Etymology

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(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɾimiˈnal/[kɾi.mĩˈnɑɫ]
  • Rhymes:-al

Adjective

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criminal m orf (pluralcriminais)

  1. criminal(that constitutes a crime)
    Synonym:criminoso
  2. criminal(relating or pertaining to crimes)
    Synonym:criminoso
  3. (colloquial) that can be verybad in itsclass or that can beharmful

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criminal m orfby sense (pluralcriminais)

  1. criminal(a person who has committed a crime)
    Synonym:asasino

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Occitan

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Adjective

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criminal m (feminine singularcriminala,masculine pluralcriminals,feminine pluralcriminalas)(Languedoc)

  1. criminal

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Old French

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLate Latin or Juridical Latincriminālis, fromLatincrīmen.

Adjective

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criminal m (oblique and nominative feminine singularcriminale)

  1. criminal;illegal; against the law

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Casemasculinefeminineneuter
singularsubjectcriminals orcriminauscriminalecriminal
obliquecriminalcriminalecriminal
pluralsubjectcriminalcriminalescriminal
obliquecriminals orcriminauscriminalescriminal

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLate Latin or Juridical Latincriminālis(criminal), fromLatincrīmen(verdict; crime).

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  • Rhymes:(Portugal)-al,(Brazil)-aw
  • Hyphenation:cri‧mi‧nal

Adjective

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criminal m orf (pluralcriminais,notcomparable)

  1. (law)criminal(of or relating to crime or penal law)
    Antecedentecriminal.
    Criminal record.

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchcriminel,Late Latincriminalis, fromLatincrimen.

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criminal m (pluralcriminali,feminine equivalentcriminală)

  1. criminal,felon,perpetrator,offender,lawbreaker
  2. murderer,slayer
  3. cutthroat,thug

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Declension ofcriminal
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominative-accusativecriminalcriminalulcriminalicriminalii
genitive-dativecriminalcriminaluluicriminalicriminalilor
vocativecriminalulecriminalilor

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criminal m orn (feminine singularcriminală,masculine pluralcriminali,feminine and neuter pluralcriminale)

  1. criminal,felonious,lawbreaking
  2. murderous,homicidal
  3. cutthroat

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Declension ofcriminal
singularplural
masculineneuterfemininemasculineneuterfeminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinitecriminalcriminalăcriminalicriminale
definitecriminalulcriminalacriminaliicriminalele
genitive-
dative
indefinitecriminalcriminalecriminalicriminale
definitecriminaluluicriminaleicriminalilorcriminalelor

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Adverb

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criminal

  1. criminally

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLate Latin or Juridical Latincriminālis(criminal), fromLatincrīmen(verdict; crime).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɾimiˈnal/[kɾi.miˈnal]
  • Rhymes:-al
  • Syllabification:cri‧mi‧nal

Adjective

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criminal m orf (masculine and feminine pluralcriminales)

  1. criminal
    Synonym:criminoso

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Noun

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criminal m orfby sense (pluralcriminales)

  1. criminal
    Synonyms:penado,delincuente

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