Legal Definition and Related Resources of Criminal

Meaning of Criminal

A person indicted for a crime and found guilty. An act is criminal when the quality of such act is such that it is prohibited under appropriate penal provisions by authority of the state .

Criminal Alternative Definition

As a noun, one who has been guilty of a crime. As an adjective, violative of the criminal law; pertaining to crime, or to penal jurisprudence.

Synonyms of Criminal

noun

bandit
blackguard
buccaneer
burglar
convict
defrauder
evildoer
extortionist
felon
filcher
fugitive
gangster
grafter
guilty person
gunman
hardened offender
juvenile delinquent
kidnapper
killer
knave
lawbreaker
malefactor
malfeasant
manslayer
marauder
misdemeanant
murderer
offender
outlaw
pilferer
pillager
pirate
plunderer
public enemy
recidivist
recreant
reprobate
reus
robber
sceleratus
smuggler
sneak thief
swindler
terrorist
thief
transgressor
underworld character
villain
worker of iniquity
wrongdoer
Associated Concepts: convicted criminal
criminal action
criminal attempt
criminal capacity
criminal case or cause
criminal charge
criminal code
criminal conduct
criminal conspiracy
criminal contempt
criminal conviction
criminal courts
criminal information
criminal intent
criminal judgments
criminal jurisdiction
criminal motive
criminal negligence
criminal offense
criminal procedure
criminal prosecution
criminal responsibility
criminal sanctions
criminal solicitation
criminal statute
criminal syndicalism
criminal transaction
criminal trial
habitual criminal
known criminals foreign phrases: Frustra legis auxilium invocat qui in legem committit
He vainly seeks the aid of the law who transgresses the law
criminal statute
criminal syndicalism
criminal transaction
criminal trial
habitual criminal
known criminals foreign phrases: Frustra legis auxilium invocat qui in legem committit
He vainly seeks the aid of the law who transgresses the law

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, Accessory, Accomplice, Accused, Acquittal, Aforethought, Arraignment, At Issue, Attempt, Automatism, Autrefois Acquit, Autrefois Convict, Bigamy, Burden Of Proof, Charge, Civil, Civil Commitment, Civil Remedy, , Commutation, Complaint, Compurgator, Confederacy, Confess, Confession, Conspiracy, Cooling Time, Corpus Delicti, Corroboration, Court, Criminate, Culprit, , Demurrer, Diminished Capacity, Diminished Responsibility, Disorderly House, District Attorney, , Engrossing, Entrapment, Federal Rules Of Criminal Procedure, Feticide, , Fly For It, Frame, Habeas Corpus, Harass, Impeachment, Incrimination, Indeterminate Sentence, Indictment, Informer, Inquest, Insanity, Intention, Irresistible Impulse, Joinder Of Causes Of Actions, Joinder Of Error, Judgment, , Justice Of The Peace, Justification, Juvenile Court, Killing By Misadventure, Magistrate, Mcnaghten’s Rule, Mens Rea, Mental Disease, Merger, Miscarriage, Misdemeanor, Misprison Of Felony, Multiplicity, , Mutilation, Not Guilty, Offense, Penal Institution, Perjury, , Prefer, Preparation, Presumption Of Innocence, Probation, Process, Prosecutor, Quartering, Reasonable Cause, Recognisance, Record, Writ Of Restitution, Search, Self-defense, Self-incrimination, Sentence, Shoplifting, Slander Per Se, Steal, Stealing, Tales, Traverse, Trial.

Translate Criminally Receiving from English to Spanish

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Recibir ilícitamente
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English Spanish Translation of Criminal

Penal, delictivo

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Grammar

This term is an adjetive.

Etimology of Criminal

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early 15c., from Middle French criminel (11c.), from Latin criminalis “pertaining to crime,” from crimen (genitive criminis); see crime. Preserves the Latin -n-. Criminal law (or criminal justice) distinguished from civil in English at least since late 15c.

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