Definitions for criminal

criminal crim·i·nal

Spelling: [krim-uh-nl]
IPA: /ˈkrɪm ə nl/

Criminal is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 220 anagrams from letters in criminal (aciilmnr).

Definitions for criminal

noun

  1. a person guilty or convicted of a crime.

adjective

  1. of the nature of or involving crime.
  2. guilty of crime.
  3. Law. of or relating to crime or its punishment:
  4. senseless; foolish:
  5. exorbitant; grossly overpriced:

Origin of criminal

1350-1400; Middle English Anglo-French Late Latin crīminālis, equivalent to Latin crīmin- (stem of crīmen; see crime) + -ālis -al1

Examples for criminal

Like any service for hire, it is extremely important for the traffickers to provide a reputable service, criminal as it is.

She had been reared in a criminal family, which must excuse much.

Having a criminal record can reduce the likelihood of getting a callback or job offer by 50 percent.

But most likely it was linked to the way priests identify with the poor in the face of government and criminal abuses.

Would it be so criminal when it all tends to what is honourable—marriage?

It demanded that she be the criminal it had branded her—if she were to live at all.

Wastefulness, profligacy, or favoritism in public expenditures is criminal.

“There is nothing whatsoever in the video which supports the charges—it shows no criminal activity,” Bakir said.

The judges who handle arraignments at criminal court in all five boroughs have a small fraction of their usual caseloads.

If we concede to the criminal the right to a further chance we concede it to ourselves.

Word Value for criminal
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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