criminal
Plural: criminals
Noun
- A person who has committed a crime; an offender.
- someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
- A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.
Adjective Satellite
- bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
- "a criminal waste of talent"
- guilty of crime or serious offense
- "criminal in the sight of God and man"
- involving or being or having the nature of a crime
- "a criminal offense"
- "criminal abuse"
Adj
- Against the law; forbidden by law.
- Guilty of breaking the law.
- Of or relating to crime or penal law.
- Abhorrent or very undesirable.
Examples
- His long criminal record suggests that he is a dangerous man.
- My opponent was a CRIMINAL for blocking all my outgoing word paths.
- Printing such asinine opinions is criminal!
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English cryminal, borrowed from Anglo-Norman criminal, from Late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen (“crime”).
Synonyms
condemnable, crook, deplorable, felon, felonious, malefactor, outlaw, reprehensible, vicious, committer, crimeful, criminal, culprit, delictuous, delinquent, desperado, double-dealer, hoodlum, illegal, lawbreaker, lowlife, malfeasant, offender, perpetrator, public enemy, scofflaw, undesirable
Scrabble Score: 12
criminal: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcriminal: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
criminal: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary