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criminologist

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crim·i·nol·o·gy  (krm-nl-j)
n.
The scientific study of crime, criminals, criminal behavior, and corrections.
[Italian criminologia : Latin crmen, crmin-, accusation; see crime + Latin -logia, -logy.]
crimi·no·logi·cal (-n-lj-kl) adj.
crimi·no·logi·cal·ly adv.
crimi·nolo·gist n.
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Noun1.criminologist - a specialist in criminology
specialiser, specialist, specializer - an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning
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THE consulting-rooms of Dr Orion Hood, the eminent criminologist and specialist in certain moral disorders, lay along the sea-front at Scarborough, in a series of very large and well-lighted french windows, which showed the North Sea like one endless outer wall of blue-green marble.
The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
Cuthbert Grayne was perhaps more of a criminologist than either a lawyer or a policeman, but in his more barbarous surroundings he had proved successful in turning himself into a practical combination of all three.
The Man Who Knew Too Much by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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