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Criminal Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Criminal? [n] someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime [adj] guilty of crime or serious offense; "criminal in the sight of God and man" [adj] involving or being or having the nature of a crime; "a criminal offense"; "criminal abuse"; "felonious intent" [adj] 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" [adj] relating to crime or its punishment; "criminal court" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Criminal: condemnable \| crook \| deplorable \| felon \| felonious \| guilty \| illegal \| malefactor \| outlaw \| reprehensible \| wrong Related Terms \| Find terms related to Criminal: aberrant \| abnormal \| abominable \| actionable \| against the law \| amoral \| anarchic \| anarchistic \| anomic \| arraignable \| arrant \| at fault \| atrocious \| bad \| bad guy \| bad person \| base \| betrayer \| black \| blackguard \| black-market \| blamable \| blameworthy \| bootleg \| censurable \| chargeable \| conscienceless \| contraband \| contrary to law \| convict \| corrupt \| corrupted \| crook \| crooked \| culpable \| culprit \| damnable \| dark \| deceiver \| delinquent \| depraved \| desperado \| desperate criminal \| deviant \| devious \| disgraceful \| dishonest \| dishonorable \| double-dealer \| doubtful \| dubious \| evasive \| evil \| evildoer \| evildoing \| execrable \| faulty \| felon \| felonious \| fishy \| flagitious \| flagrant \| flawed \| foul \| fraudulent \| fugitive \| gallows bird \| gangster \| gaolbird \| guilty \| hardly the thing \| heinous \| hood \| hoodlum \| hooligan \| ignominious \| illegal \| illegitimate \| ill-got \| ill-gotten \| illicit \| immoral \| impeachable \| impermissible \| implicated \| improper \| inappropriate \| incorrect \| inculpated \| indecorous \| indictable \| indirect \| infamous \| iniquitous \| insidious \| involved \| irregular \| jailbird \| Judas \| justiciable \| knave \| knavish \| lawbreaker \| lawless \| low \| Mafioso \| malefactor \| malefactory \| malevolent \| malfeasant \| malfeasor \| miscreant \| misfeasor \| mobster \| monstrous \| naughty \| nefarious \| nonconstitutional \| nonlegal \| nonlicit \| not done \| not kosher \| not the thing \| off-base \| off-color \| offender \| outlaw \| outlawed \| out-of-line \| peccant \| public enemy \| punishable \| questionable \| quisling \| racketeer \| rank \| reprehensible \| reproachable \| reprobate \| reprovable \| rotten \| roughneck \| ruffian \| sacrilegious \| scandalous \| scofflaw \| scoundrel \| shady \| shameful \| shameless \| shifty \| sinful \| sinister \| sinner \| slippery \| suspicious \| swindler \| terrible \| terrorist \| thief \| thug \| to blame \| tough \| traitor \| transgressor \| trespasser \| triable \| tricky \| two-timer \| unallowed \| unauthorized \| unconscienced \| unconscientious \| unconscionable \| unconstitutional \| underhand \| underhanded \| under-the-counter \| under-the-table \| undue \| unethical \| unfit \| unfitting \| unforgivable \| unlawful \| unofficial \| unpardonable \| unprincipled \| unrighteous \| unsavory \| unscrupulous \| unseemly \| unspeakable \| unstatutory \| unstraightforward \| unsuitable \| unwarrantable \| unwarranted \| unworthy \| vicious \| vile \| villain \| villainous \| wicked \| without remorse \| without shame \| worker of ill \| wrong \| wrongdoer \| wrongdoing \| wrongful See Also \| abductor \| accessary \| accessory \| arsonist \| Billie the Kid \| blackmailer \| Bonney \| bootlegger \| briber \| coconspirator \| conspirator \| contrabandist \| desperado \| desperate criminal \| drug dealer \| drug peddler \| drug trafficker \| extortioner \| extortionist \| firebug \| fugitive \| fugitive from justice \| gangster \| gangster's moll \| goon \| gun moll \| habitual criminal \| highbinder \| highjacker \| hijacker \| hood \| hoodlum \| incendiary \| James \| Jesse James \| kidnapper \| law offender \| lawbreaker \| liquidator \| MacGregor \| machinator \| mafioso \| manslayer \| mobster \| moll \| mooncurser \| moonshiner \| murderer \| offender \| parolee \| peddler \| plotter \| probationer \| punk \| pusher \| racketeer \| raper \| rapist \| recidivist \| repeater \| Rob Roy \| Robert MacGregor \| runner \| scofflaw \| smuggler \| snatcher \| stealer \| strong-armer \| suborner \| thief \| thug \| tough \| toughie \| traitor \| treasonist \| violator \| William H. Bonney \| wrongdoer Criminal In Webster's Dictionary \Crim"inal\ (kr?m"?-nal), a. [L. criminalis, fr. crimen: cf. F. criminel. See {Crime}.] 1. Guilty of crime or sin. The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us criminal in the sight of God. --Rogers. 2. Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness. Foppish and fantastic ornaments are only indications of vice, not criminal in themselves. --Addison. 3. Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal code. The officers and servants of the crown, violating the personal liberty, or other right of the subject . . . were in some cases liable to criminal process. --Hallam. {Criminal action} (Law), an action or suit instituted to secure conviction and punishment for a crime. {Criminal conversation} (Law), unlawful intercourse with a married woman; adultery; -- usually abbreviated, crim. con. {Criminal law}, the law which relates to crimes. \Crim"inal\, n. One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon.

Criminal Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Criminal?

[n] someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime
[adj] guilty of crime or serious offense; "criminal in the sight of God and man"
[adj] involving or being or having the nature of a crime; "a criminal offense"; "criminal abuse"; "felonious intent"
[adj] 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"
[adj] relating to crime or its punishment; "criminal court"

Criminal In Webster's Dictionary

\Crim"i*nal\ (kr?m"?-nal), a. [L. criminalis, fr.
crimen: cf. F. criminel. See {Crime}.]
1. Guilty of crime or sin.

         The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us
         criminal in the sight of God.         --Rogers.

2. Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an
   act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness.

         Foppish and fantastic ornaments are only indications
         of vice, not criminal in themselves.  --Addison.

3. Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal
   code.

         The officers and servants of the crown, violating
         the personal liberty, or other right of the subject
         . . . were in some cases liable to criminal process.
                                               --Hallam.

{Criminal action} (Law), an action or suit instituted to
   secure conviction and punishment for a crime.

{Criminal conversation} (Law), unlawful intercourse with a
   married woman; adultery; -- usually abbreviated, crim.
   con.

{Criminal law}, the law which relates to crimes.


\Crim"i*nal\, n.
One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found
guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a
felon.

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