Meaning

4 senses

  1. Against the law; forbidden by law.

    kriminell

    престу́пныйprestúpnyj, кримина́льныйkriminálʹnyj, уголо́вныйugolóvnyj

    злочи́ннийzločýnnyj, криміна́льнийkryminálʹnyj

  2. Guilty of breaking the law.

    kriminell

    guilty of crime or serious offense

  3. Of or relating to crime or penal law.

    His long criminal record suggests that he is a dangerous man.

    kriminell

    кримина́льныйkriminálʹnyj, уголо́вныйugolóvnyj

  4. (figuratively)Abhorrent or very undesirable.

    Printing such asinine opinions is criminal!

Examples

559 sentences

  1. Tom isn't a criminal, is he?

    Том же не злочинець? — deniko

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  2. The police found out where the criminal lived.

    Поліція з'ясувала, де живе злодій. — deniko

    ruПолиция выяснила, где живёт преступник. — odexed

    deDie Polizei ermittelte, wo der Täter wohnte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. The police were able to find the criminal.

    Поліція змогла знайти злочинця. — uaspeaker

    ruПолиция смогла найти преступника. — Gruzilkin

    deDie Polizei konnte den Verbrecher finden. — Wolf

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  4. Did you know Tom has a criminal record?

    Ти знав про кримінальне минуле Тома? — deniko

    ruТы знал, что у Тома судимость? — sharptoothed

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  5. Did you know that Tom has a criminal record?

    Ти знав про кримінальне минуле Тома? — deniko

    ruТы знал, что у Тома судимость? — sharptoothed

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
being against the law:
Русский
By meaning 1
being against the law:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
being against the law:

Origin

From Middle English cryminal, borrowed from Anglo-Norman criminal, from Late Latin crimina

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

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Forms

more criminal, most criminal
Comparativemore criminal Lesson
Superlativemost criminal Lesson

regular

Synonyms

25 synonyms
illegalA2guiltyB1detestableC1crimefuldelictuousillicitillegitimatelawbreakingnonlawfuloutlawedunlawfulwrongfulat faultculpable
Close in meaning

Word family

45 related words
Relatedcriminalnesscriminalitycrime
Derivedanticriminalarchcriminalcriminal codecriminal conversationcriminaldomcriminalesecriminalesscriminalishcriminalismcriminalistcriminalisticcriminalisticscriminalizationcriminalizecriminal lawcriminal lawyercriminallycriminal negligencecriminal offencecriminal offensecriminaloidcriminal procedurecriminal prosecutioncriminal prosecutor

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

Collocations

8 patterns
  • a criminal record
  • criminal record
  • face criminal charges
  • has a criminal
  • criminal charges
  • isn't a criminal
  • face criminal
  • like a criminal

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
criercrimeA2crimescriminalizecriminallycriminologistcriminology

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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