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  1. adjective Of, involving, or having the nature of crime: criminal abuse.
  2. adjective Relating to the administration of penal law.
  3. adjective Guilty of crime.
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  • We're going to wait at their watering hole Lying in wait for a criminal is a difficult task not to be delegated to just anyone. —  AHMM, October 2006
  • Sounds like the criminal is the better shooter here! —  Latest Articles
  • Nobody cares, least of all the families of the murder victims, whether this criminal was a good actor or not. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • This criminal is a product of our prisons and without some psychological review should never be let out again, even for a hospital visit. —  KSL / U.S. / National
  • Being a criminal is a requirement for the current administration as is being dumber than a stump. —  Sound Politics
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French criminel, from Late Latin crīminālis, from Latin crīmen, crīmin-, accusation; see crime.

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  1. = Dutch krimineel = German criminal = Danish kriminal, adjective, from French criminel = Provencal Spanish Portuguese criminal = Italian criminale, from Late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen (crimin-), crime: see crime.
 

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