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Criminally

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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.
[Middle English, from Old French criminel, from Late Latin crminlis, from Latin crmen, crmin-, accusation; see crime.]
crimi·nal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.criminally - in a shameful manner; "the garden was criminally neglected"
reprehensively
2.criminally - in violation of the law; in a criminal manner; "the alterations in the document were ruled to be criminally fraudulent"
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