criminal

nounadjectiveB1 · Intermediate

A person who does something against the law.

Meanings of «criminal»

1 · noun

a person who does something against the law

The police finally caught the dangerous criminal last night.

2 · adjective

relating to crime or the law about crime

She works in the criminal justice system downtown.

Similar: illegalunlawful

Translation

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«criminal» in 17 languages

AR العربية

AZ Azərbaycan

DE Deutsch

ES Español

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FR Français

HI हिन्दी

ID Indonesia

JA 日本語

KO 한국어

PT Português

RO Română

RU Русский

TH ไทย

TR Türkçe

UK Українська

UZ O‘zbek

VI Tiếng Việt

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The difference between similar words

a person who breaks the law

criminalthe neutral word for someone who breaks the lawThe police caught the criminal in the city.

offenderformalsomeone who has broken a law or ruleYoung offenders may go to a special school.

crookinformala dishonest person who cheats or stealsDo not trust him, he is a crook.

outlawold-fashioned; lives outside the law, often huntedThe outlaw hid in the hills for years.

Word family

crime B1 · nouncriminal B1 · nouncriminalise C1 · verb

Collections

Law & Crime › Crime & Punishment

a person who does something against the law

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