criminal
IPA: krˈɪmʌnʌɫ
noun
- A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.
adjective
- Against the law; forbidden by law.
- Guilty of breaking the law.
- Of or relating to crime or penal law.
- (figuratively) Abhorrent or very undesirable.
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Examples of "criminal" in Sentences
- The criminal is penitent.
- The conspirator was the criminal.
- Is is fair to decriminalize a criminal
- The criminal committed illegal practice.
- Prosecute the criminals not the patients.
- We will persecute criminals behind 'price tag' acts.
- During his term, he signed the Incorrigible Criminal Act.
- The criminals used stolen or illegal weapons to perpetrate crimes.
- The criminal then attacks the investigator as the screen cuts to black.
- The Acts were the product of a failed attempt to codify the criminal law.