criminality
criminality · criminalities
злочинність
преступность, преступление
Kriminalität
The state of being criminalThe state of being criminal.
US/kɹˌɪmənˈælɪti/
» Institutionalized criminality will likely remain in Morocco.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)The state of being criminal.
Kriminalität
престу́пностьprestúpnostʹ
злочи́нністьzločýnnistʹ
the state of being a criminal
(uncountable)Criminal activity.
rampant criminality
(countable)A criminal act.
преступле́ниеprestuplénije
Examples
1 sentencesInstitutionalized criminality will likely remain in Morocco.
Translations
8 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
state of being criminal:
Русский
By meaning 2
state of being criminal:
criminal act:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
state of being criminal:
Origin
From French criminalité, from Latin criminalitas, from Latin criminalis. By surface analysFrom French criminalité, from Latin criminalitas, from Latin criminalis. By surface analysis, criminal + -ity.
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Forms
plural: criminalities| Singular | criminality |
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regular
Synonyms
34 synonymscorruptionB2depravityC2evilB2crimeA2criminalnessatrociousnessawfulnessbadnesscorruptnessdacoityenormityevilnessimmoralityknavery
Close in meaning
- the state of being a criminal:criminalismcriminalness
Word family
3 related wordsRelatedcriminal
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable