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criminal(dictionary)
CRIMINAL(law)
Criminal:(law)
LAW, CRIMINAL(law)
WILL, criminal law(law)
criminal law(medicine)
criminal law(dictionary)
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Criminal Law(law)

criminal 1, adjective (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: criminel, from Late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen; CRIME]
relating to crime
::Experts cannot agree on the causes of criminal behaviour .
::I was sure he was involved in some kind of criminal activity .
::She has not committed a criminal offence (=a crime) .
::He was arrested and charged with criminal damage (=damaging someone's property illegally) .
::The doctor was found guilty of criminal negligence (=not taking enough care to protect people in your work) .
relating to the part of the legal system that is concerned with crime
-see also civil civil
::The case will be tried in a criminal court .
::We no longer have any faith in the criminal justice system .
::The police are investigating the matter, and he may face criminal charges (=he may be officially accused of a crime) .
::She usually deals with serious criminal cases .
::a criminal lawyer
wrong, dishonest, and unacceptable
::It seems criminal that teachers are paid so little money.
-- criminally adv
::a hospital for the criminally insane
-- criminality /7krImZ5nAlZti/ n [U]