Definitions for CRIMINAL
ˈkrɪm ə nlcrim·i·nal

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactoradjective

   someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

2. condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible, viciousadjective

   bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

   "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"

3. criminaladjective

   guilty of crime or serious offense

   "criminal in the sight of God and man"

4. criminal, feloniousadjective

   involving or being or having the nature of a crime

   "a criminal offense"; "criminal abuse"; "felonious intent"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.5 / 2 votes

1. criminalnoun

   A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.

2. criminaladjective

   Being against the law; forbidden by law.

3. criminaladjective

   Guilty of breaking the law.

4. criminaladjective

   Of or relating to crime.

5. criminaladjective

   Abhorrent or very undesirable, even if allowed by law.

   Printing such asinine opinions without rebuttal is criminal, even when not libel!

6. criminaladjective

   Of or relating to crime control, notably penal law.

   His criminal record shows his resistance to all crime prevention and - repression.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Criminaladjective

   Etymology: from crime.

   1. Faulty; contrary to right; contrary to duty; contrary to law.

   Live thou, and to thy mother dead attest,
   That clear she died from blemish criminal. Fairy Quen, b. ii.

   What we approve in our friend, we can hardly be induced to think criminal in ourselves. John Rogers, Serm. iv.

   2. Guilty; tainted with crime; not innocent.

   The neglect of any of the relative duties, render us criminal in the sight of God. John Rogers, Sermons.

   3. Not civil; as a criminal prosecution.

2. Criminalnoun

   Etymology: from crime.

   1. A man accused.

   Was ever criminal forbid to plead?
   Curb your ill-manner’d zeal. John Dryden, Spanish Fryar.

   2. A man guilty of a crime

   All three persons, that had held chief place of authority in their countries; all three ruined, not by war, or by any other disaster, but by justice and sentence, as delinquents and criminals. Francis Bacon.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. criminal

   In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term crime does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition, though statutory definitions have been provided for certain purposes. The most popular view is that crime is a category created by law; in other words, something is a crime if declared as such by the relevant and applicable law. One proposed definition is that a crime or offence (or criminal offence) is an act harmful not only to some individual but also to a community, society, or the state ("a public wrong"). Such acts are forbidden and punishable by law.The notion that acts such as murder, rape, and theft are to be prohibited exists worldwide. What precisely is a criminal offence is defined by the criminal law of each relevant jurisdiction. While many have a catalogue of crimes called the criminal code, in some common law nations no such comprehensive statute exists. The state (government) has the power to severely restrict one's liberty for committing a crime. In modern societies, there are procedures to which investigations and trials must adhere. If found guilty, an offender may be sentenced to a form of reparation such as a community sentence, or, depending on the nature of their offence, to undergo imprisonment, life imprisonment or, in some jurisdictions, death. Usually, to be classified as a crime, the "act of doing something criminal" (actus reus) must – with certain exceptions – be accompanied by the "intention to do something criminal" (mens rea).While every crime violates the law, not every violation of the law counts as a crime. Breaches of private law (torts and breaches of contract) are not automatically punished by the state, but can be enforced through civil procedure.

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1. criminal

   A criminal is a person who has committed a crime or has been found guilty of violating a law, particularly a serious one such as a felony. This can encompass various forms of unlawful activities which are punishable by the legal system.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Criminaladjective

   guilty of crime or sin

2. Criminaladjective

   involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness

3. Criminaladjective

   relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal code

4. Criminalnoun

   one who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon

5. Etymology: [L. criminalis, fr. crimen: cf. F. criminel. See Crime.]

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1. Criminal

   Criminal is a 2004 American film based upon the Argentine film Nine Queens. Directed by Gregory Jacobs, it stars John C. Reilly, Diego Luna, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Maeve Quinlan and is a production of Section Eight, the production company of Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney.

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. criminal

   One who does by illegal means what all the rest of us do legally.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. criminalnoun

   0.) A person that illegally engages against the authority's reflex of conditioned response in assimilations before expressing the situation of something that is or appears to be enclosed or surrounded by something else relating to the verbal or physical acts of the lawless one. 1.) A person who has committed a crime; of or related to a crime. 2.) Law of or relating to crime as opposed to civil matters; (of an action or situation) deplorable and shocking

   Criminal Justice was my College major where I received a decree of knowledge to be who I am and produce hones literature as direction.

   Etymology: Murderous and thieves

   
   

   Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on October 18, 2023  

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1. criminal

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'CRIMINAL' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2278

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'CRIMINAL' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4635

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'CRIMINAL' in Nouns Frequency: #2155

4. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'CRIMINAL' in Adjectives Frequency: #304

How to pronounce CRIMINAL?

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   Mia

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of CRIMINAL in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of CRIMINAL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of CRIMINAL in a Sentence

1. Carmen Roe:

   What we do know is : very suspicious, highly irregular and could lead to criminal charges, both cases, at a value of greater than $ 300,000, are first-degree felonies.

2. Paul Callan:

   In criminal law, the police can't wire somebody up. They have to give you Miranda warnings if they're going to take a statement from you, however, if a civilian is tape recording you, as was the case here with HBO, that's admissible in court if it's relevant to the crime committed.

3. Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann:

   The Federal Criminal Police Office informed the Bavarian police on New Year’s Eve of the existence of a tip-off from a friendly intelligence agency that Islamic State plans a concrete attack, attacks tonight, at midnight at the Munich central station or/and Pasing (station), i believe this decision was right because I think we cannot take unnecessary risks when we are dealing with such concrete threats, concrete locations, and a concrete time.

4. John Lausch:

   We're not seeing truckloads of guns, we're not seeing 100, 200, 300 guns in a crate that are ending up in someone's hands. Typically, what we see from straw purchasing is you know, one or two guns at a time, the ones we're really interested in are, are they putting it to the hands of someone who they believe is going to commit a crime ? Somebody who they know is a gang member. Somebody who has a significant violent criminal history who is likely to use that gun to commit more acts of violence.

5. Jeff Sessions:

   We hear you, and we have your back, we will secure this border and bring the full weight of both the immigration courts and federal criminal enforcement to combat this attack on our national security and sovereignty.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=CRIMINAL
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Criminal
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=CRIMINAL
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/CRIMINAL
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=CRIMINAL
8. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=CRIMINAL