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From Middle English cryminal, borrowed from Anglo-Norman criminal, from Late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen (crime).

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criminal (comparative more criminal, superlative most criminal)

  1. Against the law; forbidden by law.
  2. Guilty of breaking the law.
    • a. 1729, John Rogers, The Difficulties of Obtaining Salvation:
      The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us criminal in the sight of God.
  3. Of or relating to crime or penal law.
    His long criminal record suggests that he is a dangerous man.
    • 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. [], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, [], →OCLC:
      The officers and servants of the crown, violating the personal liberty, or other right of the subject [] in some cases, were liable to criminal process.
  4. (figuratively) Abhorrent or very undesirable.
    Printing such asinine opinions is criminal!
    • 2020 May 6, Graeme Pickering, “Borders Railway: time for the next step”, in Rail, page 54:
      [...] I think it represents exceptional value for money and I think it would be criminal not to go ahead and build it."

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criminal (plural criminals)

  1. A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.
    Synonyms: lawbreaker, offender, perpetrator
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
      []  There's every Staffordshire crime-piece ever made in this cabinet, and that's unique. The Van Hoyer Museum in New York hasn't that very rare second version of Maria Marten's Red Barn over there, nor the little Frederick George Manning—he was the criminal Dickens saw hanged on the roof of the gaol in Horsemonger Lane, by the way—’

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Catalan

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Borrowed from Latin criminālis.

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criminal m or f (masculine and feminine plural criminals)

  1. criminal (against the law)
  2. criminal (guilty of breaking the law)
  3. criminal (of or relating to crime)

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criminal m or f by sense (plural criminals)

  1. criminal (a person who is guilty of a crime)
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Galician

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  • IPA(key): /kɾimiˈnal/ [kɾi.mĩˈnɑɫ]
  • Rhymes: -al

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criminal m or f (plural criminais)

  1. criminal (that constitutes a crime)
    Synonym: criminoso
  2. criminal (relating or pertaining to crimes)
    Synonym: criminoso
  3. (colloquial) that can be very bad in its class or that can be harmful

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criminal m or f by sense (plural criminais)

  1. criminal (a person who has committed a crime)
    Synonym: asasino

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criminal m (feminine singular criminala, masculine plural criminals, feminine plural criminalas) (Languedoc)

  1. criminal

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Borrowed from Late Latin or Juridical Latin criminālis, from Latin crīmen.

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criminal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular criminale)

  1. criminal; illegal; against the law

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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

Portuguese

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Borrowed from Late Latin or Juridical Latin criminālis (criminal), from Latin crīmen (verdict; crime).

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: cri‧mi‧nal

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criminal m or f (plural criminais, not comparable)

  1. (law) criminal (of or relating to crime or penal law)
    Antecedente criminal.
    Criminal record.

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Romanian

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Borrowed from French criminel, Late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen.

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criminal m (plural criminali, feminine equivalent criminală)

  1. criminal, felon, perpetrator, offender, lawbreaker
  2. murderer, slayer
  3. cutthroat, thug

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative criminal criminalul criminali criminalii
genitive-dative criminal criminalului criminali criminalilor
vocative criminalule criminalilor

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criminal m or n (feminine singular criminală, masculine plural criminali, feminine and neuter plural criminale)

  1. criminal, felonious, lawbreaking
  2. murderous, homicidal
  3. cutthroat

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masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
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indefinite criminal criminală criminali criminale
definite criminalul criminala criminalii criminalele
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indefinite criminal criminale criminali criminale
definite criminalului criminalei criminalelor criminalilor
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criminal

  1. criminally
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin or Juridical Latin criminālis (criminal), from Latin crīmen (verdict; crime).

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  • IPA(key): /kɾimiˈnal/ [kɾi.miˈnal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: cri‧mi‧nal

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criminal m or f (masculine and feminine plural criminales)

  1. criminal
    Synonym: criminoso

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criminal m or f by sense (plural criminales)

  1. criminal
    Synonyms: penado, delincuente

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