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- pronunciation:
- krI
mih
n
 l
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of, pertaining to, or having the nature of crime, esp. as opposed to civil violations.
criminal chargescriminal acts
- synonyms:
- illegal, illegitimate, illicit, lawbreaking, unlawful
- antonyms:
- lawful, legal
- similar words:
- felonious, lawless, outlawed
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| definition 2: |
guilty of crime.
Such criminal behavior is punishable by several years in prison.- synonyms:
- blameworthy, culpable, guilty
- antonyms:
- innocent, lawful
- similar words:
- felonious
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| definition 3: |
extremely wrong or unfair.
She thinks it's criminal that these children are allowed to starve. |
| related words: |
bad, crooked, guilty, unlawful |
adverb + (adj.)criminal
under
(adj.)criminal
+ noun
abuse,
act,
activity,
alien,
appeal,
arrest,
assault,
attorney,
background,
behavior,
case,
charge,
check,
code,
complaint,
conduct,
conspiracy,
contempt,
conviction,
court,
defendant,
defense,
division,
element,
enforcement,
enterprise,
fines,
fraud,
history,
indictment,
inquiry,
intent,
investigation,
investigator,
involvement,
jurisdiction,
jury,
justice,
law,
lawyer,
liability,
litigation,
mastermind,
matter,
mischief,
misconduct,
negligence,
offender,
offense,
penalty,
possession,
probe,
procedure,
prosecution,
provision,
rationality,
record,
referral,
search,
statute,
stereotype,
suspect,
syndicate,
system,
terrorist,
trespass,
trial,
tribunal,
victimization,
violation,
warrant,
wrongdoing
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
one who is guilty of a crime or crimes.
- synonyms:
- convict, felon, outlaw
- similar words:
- crook, culprit, desperado, gangster, hoodlum, lawbreaker, malfeasant, mobster, offender, thug, transgressor, wrongdoer
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| related words: |
burglar, devil, thief |
adjective + (n.)criminal
accused, alleged, common, convicted, dangerous, habitual, hardened, indicted, ordinary, petty, potential, suspected, tough, violent, white-collar
verb + (n.)criminal
apprehend, arrest, catch, convict, deter, execute, lock, prosecute, punish, treat
(n.)criminal
+ verb
commit, escape, proceed
noun + (n.)criminal
career, cop, crime, gang, master, parole, punishment, sentence, war
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| derivation: |
criminally (adv.) |
The word criminal
contains the following parts:
crim, crimin
Latin
root
that means crime; accuse
  Example words:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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