Meaning

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

    Krimineller, Kriminelle, Verbrecher

    престу́пникprestúpnik, престу́пницаprestúpnica, правонаруши́тельpravonarušítelʹ

    злочи́нецьzločýnecʹ, злочи́нницяzločýnnycja

    someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

Examples

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

    Том же не злочинець? — deniko

  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

  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

  4. Did you know Tom has a criminal record?

    Ти знав про кримінальне минуле Тома? — deniko

    ruТы знал, что у Тома судимость? — sharptoothed

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

    Ти знав про кримінальне минуле Тома? — deniko

    ruТы знал, что у Тома судимость? — sharptoothed

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person guilty of a crime, breaking the law:
Русский
By meaning 1
person guilty of a crime, breaking the law:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person guilty of a crime, breaking 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

plural: criminals
Singularcriminal
Pluralcriminals

regular

Synonyms

19 synonyms

Word family

16 related words

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

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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