criminaloid
criminaloid · criminaloids
A person who carries out business in an immoral or exploitative way, but does not…A person who carries out business in an immoral or exploitative way, but does not necessarily break the law, and is protected from consequences by a veneer of social respectability.
Meaning
1 sensesA person who carries out business in an immoral or exploitative way, but does not necessarily break the law, and is protected from consequences by a veneer of social respectability.
Origin
From criminal + -oid, coined by E. A. Ross in Sin and Society (1907).From criminal + -oid, coined by E. A. Ross in Sin and Society (1907).
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Forms
plural: criminaloids| Singular | criminaloid |
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