criminal

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman criminal, from Late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen (“crime”)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

criminal (comparative more criminal, superlative most criminal)

1. Being against the law; forbidden by law.
2. Guilty of breaking the law.
3. Of or relating to crime.
4. (figuratively) Abhorrent or very undesirable, even if allowed by law.

   Printing such asinine opinions without rebuttal is criminal, even when not libel!

5. Of or relating to crime control, notably penal law.

   His criminal record shows his resistance to all crime prevention and - repression.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "criminal" is often applied: law, justice, court, procedure, prosecution, intent, case, record, act, action, behavior, code, offence, liability, investigation, conduct, defense, trial, history, responsibility, lawyer, tribunal, appeal, process, background, mind, conspiracy, evidence, gang, organization, underworld, jurisprudence, offender, jury, police, past, group, punishment, attorney, violence, report, career, psychology.

Synonyms

• illegal

Related terms

criminal-law criminal-offence criminal law criminal negligence criminal offence criminal procedure criminal record

criminalisation criminalist criminalistics criminality criminalize criminally criminalness

criminate crimination criminologist criminology criminousness

Translations

being against the law

Bengali: অপরাধমূলক (bn) Bulgarian: престъпен (bg), криминален (bg) Catalan: criminal (ca) Czech: zločinný (cs), trestný (cs) Dutch: misdadig (nl), crimineel (nl), onwettig (nl) Finnish: rikollinen (fi), lainvastainen (fi) French: criminel (fr) Georgian: დანაშაულებრივი (ka) (današaulebrivi)

German: kriminell (de) Greek: εγκληματικός (el) (egklimatikós), ποινικός (el) (poinikós) Romansch: criminal (rm) Russian: преступный (ru) m. (prestúpnyj), криминальный (ru) m. (krminál’nyj), уголовный (ru) m. (ugolóvnyj) Scottish Gaelic: eucoireach (gd) Swahili: mhalifu (sw)

guilty of breaking the law

Catalan: criminal (ca) Dutch: misdadig, crimineel Finnish: rikollinen (fi) French: criminel (fr) German: kriminell (de)

Greek: εγκληματικός (el) (egklimatikós) Hungarian: bűnös (hu) Romansch: criminal (rm) Scottish Gaelic: eucoireach (gd) Swahili: mhalifu (sw)

of or relating to crime

Bengali: অপরাধমূলক (bn) Bulgarian: криминален (bg) Catalan: criminal (ca) Czech: zločinný (cs) m. Dutch: misdadig, crimineel Finnish: rikollinen (fi), rikosoikeudellinen (fi) French: criminel (fr) German: kriminell (de)

Greek: εγκληματικός (el) (egklimatikós) Hungarian: bűnügyi (hu) Khmer: ខាងបទឧក្រិដ្ឋ (km) (kʰaang bɑt okkrǝt) Romansch: criminal (rm) Scottish Gaelic: eucoireach (gd) Swahili: mhalifu (sw) Turkish: kriminal (tr) Volapük: krimik (vo), midunik (vo)

abhorrent or very undesirable

Dutch: misdadig, crimineel Greek: εγκληματικός (el) (egklimatikós)

Swahili: mhalifu (sw)

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Esperanto: krima Indonesian: kriminal, jahat Interlingua: criminal Italian: criminale, delittuoso

Japanese: 犯罪的 (はんざいてき, hanzai-teki), 犯罪 (はんざい, hanzai) Polish: kryminalny m., przestępczy m. Portuguese: criminoso (pt) m. ; criminal (pt) m. and f. Romanian: criminal (ro) m. Spanish: criminal (es)

Noun

criminal (plural criminals)

1. A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.

Synonyms

• lawbreaker
• offender
• perpetrator
• See also Wikisaurus:criminal

Translations

person guilty of a crime, breaking the law

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Arabic: مجرم (mújrim) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: престъпник (bg) m. Catalan: criminal (ca) m. and f. Chinese: Mandarin: 罪犯 (cmn) (zuìfàn), (especially one in custody) 犯人 (cmn) (fànrén), 犯罪分子 (cmn) (fànzuì fènzǐ) Czech: zločinec (cs) m. Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: misdadiger (nl) m., crimineel (nl) m. Esperanto: krimulo (eo) Finnish: rikollinen (fi), lainsuojaton (fi), kriminaali (fi) French: criminel (fr) m. Georgian: დამნაშავე (ka) (damnašave) German: Kriminelle (de) f., Krimineller (de) m., Verbrecher (de) m. Greek: εγκληματίας (el) (egklimatías) m. and f. Hebrew: פושע (poshe'a) m., פושעת (posha'at) f. Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: bűnöző (hu) Icelandic: please add this translation if you can Indonesian: kriminal (id), penjahat (id)

Interlingua: criminal Irish: coirpeach (ga) m. Italian: criminale (it) Japanese: 犯罪者 (はんざいしゃ, hanzai-sha), 犯人 (はんにん, hannin) Khmer: ឧក្រិដ្ឋជន (km) (okkrǝt chɔɔn) Korean: please add this translation if you can Polish: kryminalista (pl) m., przestępca (pl) m. Portuguese: criminoso (pt) m., criminosa (pt) f. Romanian: infractor (ro) m., infractoare f. Russian: преступник (ru) m. (prestúpnik) Scottish Gaelic: eucoireach (gd) m. Serbo-Croatian: злочинац (sh) (zločinac) m. Slovene: kriminálec (sl) m. Spanish: criminal (es) Swahili: mhalifu (sw) Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can Volapük: (male or female) kriman (vo), (male) hikriman (vo), (female) jikriman (vo), (male or female) midunan (vo), (male) himidunan (vo), (female) jimidunan (vo) Welsh: troseddwr (cy) m.

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Anglo-Norman

Adjective

criminal m. (feminine criminale)

1. criminal; illegal; against the law

Declension

  Declension of criminal  

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	criminals or criminaus	criminale	criminal
	Oblique	criminal	criminale	criminal
Plural	Subject	criminal	criminales	criminal
	Oblique	criminals or criminaus	criminales	criminal

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Spanish

Adjective

criminal m. and f. (plural criminales)

1. criminal

Noun

criminal m. and f. (plural criminales)

1. A criminal

Related terms

• crimen
• criminalidad
• criminalista m. and f.
• criminalizar
• acriminar