Criminal (1994 film)
WordNet
adjective
(1) Guilty of crime or serious offense
"Criminal in the sight of God and man"
(2) Involving or being or having the nature of a crime
"A criminal offense"
"Criminal abuse"
"Felonious intent"
(3) 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"
noun
(4) Someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime
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Etymology
From , from , from , from
Adjective
- Being against the law, forbidden by legislation.
- Guilty of breaking the law.
- In various legal systems, the most serious type of law-breaking, carrying graver sentences then one or more 'lesser' categories
- Our superior penal courts deal with crimes, leaving misdemeanors and minor offenses to lower tribunals, at least in first instance
- Of or relating to crime, criminality.
- As abhorrent as vile crime, in a moral, logical or other non-legal context
- Printing such asinine opinions without rebuttal is criminal, even when not liable!
- Of or relating to crime control, notably penal law.
- His criminal record shows his resistance to all crime prevention and - repression.
Related terms
- criminal-law
- criminal-offence
- criminal law
- criminal negligence
- criminal offence
- criminal procedure
- criminal record
- criminalisation
- criminalist
- criminalistics
- criminality
- criminalize
- criminally
- criminalness
- criminate
- crimination
- criminologist
- criminology
- criminousness
Synonyms
- lawbreaker
- offender
- perpetrator
- See also Wikisaurus:criminal
Related terms
- crimen
- criminalidad
- criminalista
- criminalizar
- acriminar