criminal

crim·i·nal  (krm-nl)

adj.

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.

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[Middle English, from Old French criminel, from Late Latin crminlis, from Latin crmen, crmin-, accusation; see crime.]

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crimi·nal·ly adv.

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criminal

Noun

a person guilty of a crime

Adjective

1. of or relating to crime or its punishment

2. Informal senseless or disgraceful

criminally adv
criminality n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	criminal - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw accessary, accessory - someone who helps another person commit a crime arsonist, firebug, incendiary - a criminal who illegally sets fire to property blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist - a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them bootlegger, moonshiner - someone who makes or sells illegal liquor briber, suborner - someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act coconspirator, conspirator, machinator, plotter - a member of a conspiracy desperado, desperate criminal - a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier) fugitive from justice, fugitive - someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice gangster, mobster - a criminal who is a member of gang highbinder - a corrupt politician highjacker, hijacker - someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination hood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, toughie, goon, tough - an aggressive and violent young criminal gaolbird, jail bird, jailbird - a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly abductor, kidnaper, kidnapper, snatcher - someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) mafioso - a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States gangster's moll, gun moll, moll - the girlfriend of a gangster liquidator, manslayer, murderer - a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) principal - (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement parolee, probationer - someone released on probation or on parole drug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, peddler, pusher - an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs racketeer - someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion) raper, rapist - someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse habitual criminal, recidivist, repeater - someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior) scofflaw - one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser, runner, smuggler - someone who imports or exports without paying duties stealer, thief - a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it traitor, treasonist - someone who betrays his country by committing treason law offender, lawbreaker, violator - someone who violates the law
Adj.	1.	criminal - 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" condemnable, reprehensible, vicious, deplorable wrong - contrary to conscience or morality or law; "it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor"; "cheating is wrong"; "it is wrong to lie"
	2.	criminal - guilty of crime or serious offense; "criminal in the sight of God and man" guilty - responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act; "guilty of murder"; "the guilty person"; "secret guilty deeds"
	3.	criminal - involving or being or having the nature of a crime; "a criminal offense"; "criminal abuse"; "felonious intent" felonious illegal - prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules; "an illegal chess move"

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criminal

noun 1. lawbreaker, convict, con (slang) offender, crook (informal) lag (slang) villain, culprit, sinner, delinquent, felon, con man (informal) rorter Austral. (slang) jailbird, malefactor, evildoer, transgressor, skelm S. African rogue trader

adjective 2. unlawful, illicit, lawless, wrong, illegal, corrupt, crooked (informal) vicious, immoral, wicked, culpable, under-the-table, villainous, nefarious, iniquitous, indictable, felonious, bent (slang) << OPPOSITE lawful

adjective 3. (Informal) disgraceful, ridiculous, foolish, senseless, scandalous, preposterous, deplorable

Translations

criminal [ˈkrɪmɪnl] n → criminal m/f; delincuente m/f

adj → criminal; [law] → penal

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criminal [ˈkrɪmɪnl] crime adj, n → criminel(le)

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criminal [ˈkrɪmɪnl] crime n → Kriminelle(r) f(m), Verbrecher(in) m(f)

adj → kriminell;

Criminal Investigation Department crime → Kriminalpolizei f

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criminal [ˈkrɪmɪnl] adj, n → criminale (m/f);

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) → polizia giudiziaria