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- Dictionarycriminal/ˈkrɪmɪnl/
noun
- 1. a person who has committed a crime: "these men are dangerous criminals"
adjective
- 1. relating to crime: "they are charged with conspiracy to commit criminal damage" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of an action or situation) deplorable and shocking: informal "he may never fulfil his potential, and that would be a criminal waste" Similar Opposite
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1. : one who has committed a crime. 2. : a person who has been convicted of a crime.
A criminal is someone who breaks the law. If you're a murderer, thief, or tax cheat, you're a criminal.
CRIMINAL definition: 1. someone who commits a crime: 2. relating to crime: 3. very bad or morally wrong: . Learn more.
What is a basic definition of criminal? A criminal is a person who commits crime. Criminal is also used to describe something involved in committing crime or related to crime.
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)
/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. a criminal act punishable by up to five years in jail.
Definition of 'criminal' criminal. (krɪmɪnəl ) Word forms: criminals. 1. countable noun B1. 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. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B2.
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.
CRIMINAL definition: 1. relating to crime: 2. very bad or morally wrong: 3. someone who has committed a crime: . Learn more.
1. Of, involving, or having the nature of crime: criminal abuse. 2. Relating to the administration of penal law. 3. a. Guilty of crime. b. Characteristic of a criminal. 4. Shameful; disgraceful: a criminal waste of talent. n. One that has committed or been legally convicted of a crime.
