Definitions for criminal
ˈkrɪm ə nlcrim·i·nal

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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"

Wiktionary(1.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

Webster Dictionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. criminal

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

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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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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. Adam Schiff:

   If you or I were on that call and recorded we'd be under investigation I not indicted by now for a criminal referral to defraud the people of Georgia and the people of the country.

2. Peter Kratsa:

   Arthur Goldman’s criminal matter was resolved by the Chester County district attorney by virtue of a pre-trial diversion program without any admission of guilt by Art, arthur Goldman criminal matter will ultimately allow for the case to be dismissed and Arthur Goldman record expunged.

3. Ben Emmerson:

   The fact that the policies revealed in this report were authorized at a high level within the U.S. government provides no excuse whatsoever. Indeed, it reinforces the need for criminal accountability.

4. Maya Wang:

   We have to take into account that the torture of political criminal suspects often is worse and the report doesn't cover Tibet and Xinjiang.

5. Paul Tergat:

   We need a deeper and genuine national conversation on this cancer within us. We must stop sweeping it under the carpet under the guise of confidentiality and expose it for what it is, i once again wish to repeat my previous call that this menace must be treated for what it is - a criminal act and all participants in the whole chain face the severest sanctions possible - whoever they may be - as provided in Law.

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