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  1. Meaning of criminal in English. criminal. noun [ C ] uk / ˈkrɪm.ɪ.n ə l / us / ˈkrɪm.ə.n ə l / Add to word list. B1. someone who commits a crime: a dangerous / violent criminal. Synonyms. crook (CRIMINAL) informal. culprit. evildoer. felon specialized. the guilty party. malefactor formal. offender. outlaw. perpetrator. villain UK informal.

  2. The meaning of CRIMINAL is relating to, involving, or being a crime. How to use criminal in a sentence.

  3. noun. a person guilty or convicted of a crime. Synonyms: gangster, hoodlum, crook, felon, culprit, transgressor, evildoer, malefactor. criminal. / ˈkrɪmɪnəl / noun. a person charged with and convicted of crime. a person who commits crimes for a living. adjective. of, involving, or guilty of crime.

  4. A criminal is someone who breaks the law. If you're a murderer, thief, or tax cheat, you're a criminal.

  5. noun [ C ] uk / ˈkrɪmɪn ə l / us. B1. someone who has committed a crime: a dangerous / violent criminal. Fewer examples. a notorious criminal. a convicted criminal. hardened criminals. They've been unfairly labelled as criminals. They've introduced a revolutionary new programme to reform criminals.

  6. noun. /ˈkrɪmɪnl/ a person who commits a crime. a convicted criminal. Police sometimes put themselves in danger when arresting violent criminals. Society does not know how to deal with hardened criminals (= people who regularly commit crimes and are not sorry for what they do). a career criminal (= who earns their income through criminal activities)

  7. A criminal is a person who regularly commits crimes. A group of gunmen attacked a prison and set free nine criminals in Moroto. Synonyms: lawbreaker , convict , con [ slang ] , offender More Synonyms of criminal

  8. criminal. adjective. /ˈkrɪmɪnl/. /ˈkrɪmɪnl/. [usually before noun] (rather formal or law) connected with or involving crime. It should be a criminal offence to inflict cruelty on any wild animal. Criminal activities pose significant threats to the economy and national security.

  9. CRIMINAL meaning: 1 : involving illegal activity relating to crime; 2 : relating to laws that describe crimes rather than to laws about a person's rights

  10. May 28, 2024 · Crime, the intentional commission of an act usually deemed socially harmful or dangerous and specifically defined, prohibited, and punishable under criminal law. Most countries have enacted a criminal code in which all of the criminal law can be found, though English law—the source of many other.

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