Criminal
noun
A person who has committed a crime.
The police caught the criminal trying to flee the scene
Often appears as...
- caught the criminal
- known criminal
adjective
Related to activities that involve breaking the law.
He was involved in criminal activities for many years
Often appears as...
- criminal activities
- criminal record
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Very bad or unpleasant.
Such cruelty to animals is criminal
Often appears as...
- criminal negligence
- criminal waste
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A person who has committed a crime.
The police caught the criminal trying to flee the scene
Often appears as...
- caught the criminal
- known criminal
adjective
Related to activities that involve breaking the law.
He was involved in criminal activities for many years
Often appears as...
- criminal activities
- criminal record
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Very bad or unpleasant.
Such cruelty to animals is criminal
Often appears as...
- criminal negligence
- criminal waste
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Humanize Perpetrators
Remember, 'criminal' labels people as lawbreakers. Use it sensitively, considering its human implications.
The young criminal turned his life around after serving time.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Violent
'Criminal' can refer to non-violent offenses too, like theft or fraud, not just violent crimes.
The accountant was found to be a white-collar criminal.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Stereotypes
The word 'criminal' can carry stereotypes; don’t assume someone's guilt or character based on appearance.
Despite his tattoos, he was not a criminal.
Pro Tip 1/3Humanize Perpetrators
Remember, 'criminal' labels people as lawbreakers. Use it sensitively, considering its human implications.
The young criminal turned his life around after serving time.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Violent
'Criminal' can refer to non-violent offenses too, like theft or fraud, not just violent crimes.
The accountant was found to be a white-collar criminal.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Stereotypes
The word 'criminal' can carry stereotypes; don’t assume someone's guilt or character based on appearance.
Despite his tattoos, he was not a criminal.
Pro Tip 1/3Humanize Perpetrators
Remember, 'criminal' labels people as lawbreakers. Use it sensitively, considering its human implications.
The young criminal turned his life around after serving time.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Violent
'Criminal' can refer to non-violent offenses too, like theft or fraud, not just violent crimes.
The accountant was found to be a white-collar criminal.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Stereotypes
The word 'criminal' can carry stereotypes; don’t assume someone's guilt or character based on appearance.
Despite his tattoos, he was not a criminal.
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Video examples
Alice Goffman: How we're...
has a criminal record right now. Not a single one. But can you imagine how many might have if the police had stopped those kids and searched their pockets for drugs as they walked to class? Or had raided their frat parties in the middle of the night? Okay, you might say.
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Gary Haugen: The hidden...
and the kind of bang you can get for your buck in terms of leveraging a criminal justice system that could function if it were properly trained and motivated and led, and these countries, especially a middle class that is seeing that there's really no future
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The Atlantic slave...
Slavery replaced other criminal sentences, and capturing slaves became a motivation for war, rather than its result. To defend themselves from slave raids, neighboring kingdoms needed European firearms, which they also bought with slaves.
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How does impeachment...
But what if your job happens to be the most powerful position in the country, or the world? That's where impeachment comes in. Impeachment isn't the same as actually removing someone from office. Like an indictment in criminal court,
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Re-writing laws to help...
the criminal justice system is for survivors the second is the solution that with this bill we have a path forward and the third is the realization that the voices of ordinary citizens can still change the world to be honest with
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A brief history of...
But this means that protected information, whether copyrights, proprietary materials, or state secrets can also be represented as numbers, so possessing or publishing these numbers may be treated as a criminal offense.
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Pangolins: The Most...
but why should we care about an animal most people have never heard of pangolin dealers are often part of the same worldwide criminal networks that drive other animals such as elephants and rhinos toward extinction
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Boniface Mwangi: The day...
Kenya is a country where you are guilty until proven rich. Kenya's poor are five times more likely to be shot dead by the police who are meant to protect them than by criminals.
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How does money...
that concealment had occurred, which had a positive effect on prosecuting major criminal operations, like drug traffickers. However, a legal shift has raised concerns
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Baby Siamese Crocodiles...
criminals I didn't realize how badly using the nest had affected everybody if they could fund more wardens like mr. could the team could find unprotect more
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Alice Goffman: How we're...
has a criminal record right now. Not a single one. But can you imagine how many might have if the police had stopped those kids and searched their pockets for drugs as they walked to class? Or had raided their frat parties in the middle of the night? Okay, you might say.
Video examples
Gary Haugen: The hidden...
and the kind of bang you can get for your buck in terms of leveraging a criminal justice system that could function if it were properly trained and motivated and led, and these countries, especially a middle class that is seeing that there's really no future
Video examples
The Atlantic slave...
Slavery replaced other criminal sentences, and capturing slaves became a motivation for war, rather than its result. To defend themselves from slave raids, neighboring kingdoms needed European firearms, which they also bought with slaves.
Video examples
How does impeachment...
But what if your job happens to be the most powerful position in the country, or the world? That's where impeachment comes in. Impeachment isn't the same as actually removing someone from office. Like an indictment in criminal court,
Video examples
Re-writing laws to help...
the criminal justice system is for survivors the second is the solution that with this bill we have a path forward and the third is the realization that the voices of ordinary citizens can still change the world to be honest with
Video examples
A brief history of...
But this means that protected information, whether copyrights, proprietary materials, or state secrets can also be represented as numbers, so possessing or publishing these numbers may be treated as a criminal offense.
Video examples
Pangolins: The Most...
but why should we care about an animal most people have never heard of pangolin dealers are often part of the same worldwide criminal networks that drive other animals such as elephants and rhinos toward extinction
Video examples
Boniface Mwangi: The day...
Kenya is a country where you are guilty until proven rich. Kenya's poor are five times more likely to be shot dead by the police who are meant to protect them than by criminals.
Video examples
How does money...
that concealment had occurred, which had a positive effect on prosecuting major criminal operations, like drug traffickers. However, a legal shift has raised concerns
Video examples
Baby Siamese Crocodiles...
criminals I didn't realize how badly using the nest had affected everybody if they could fund more wardens like mr. could the team could find unprotect more
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Italo Calvino
Italian Journalist
Bringing a child into the world makes sense only if this child is wanted consciously and freely by its two parents. If it is not, then it is simply animal and criminal behavior.
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James Earl Jones
American Actor
The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will loose.
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Kenneth Lay
American Businessman
The last thing I would have ever expected to happen to me in my life would be that, in fact, I would be accused of doing something wrong and maybe even something criminal.
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Yogi Adityanath
Indian Politician
I will ensure that no criminal will ever get any political protection in my government. If anyone takes law in his hands, he would not be spared.
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Keir Starmer
British Politician
No border controls anywhere in the world are able to prevent determined criminals from crossing borders.
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Yance Ford
American Director
We have to deal with the way that race influences our criminal justice system.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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Kerry Greenwood
Australian Author
I was determined to become a criminal lawyer and help look after the poor.
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Simon Wiesenthal
Austrian Activist
Discovering witnesses is just as important as catching criminals.
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Steve Toltz
Australian Novelist
I haven't been part of the criminal world.
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Italo Calvino
Italian Journalist
Bringing a child into the world makes sense only if this child is wanted consciously and freely by its two parents. If it is not, then it is simply animal and criminal behavior.
Quote examples
James Earl Jones
American Actor
The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will loose.
Quote examples
Kenneth Lay
American Businessman
The last thing I would have ever expected to happen to me in my life would be that, in fact, I would be accused of doing something wrong and maybe even something criminal.
Quote examples
Yogi Adityanath
Indian Politician
I will ensure that no criminal will ever get any political protection in my government. If anyone takes law in his hands, he would not be spared.
Quote examples
Keir Starmer
British Politician
No border controls anywhere in the world are able to prevent determined criminals from crossing borders.
Quote examples
Yance Ford
American Director
We have to deal with the way that race influences our criminal justice system.
Quote examples
Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
Quote examples
Kerry Greenwood
Australian Author
I was determined to become a criminal lawyer and help look after the poor.
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Simon Wiesenthal
Austrian Activist
Discovering witnesses is just as important as catching criminals.
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Steve Toltz
Australian Novelist
I haven't been part of the criminal world.
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