criminal

Meanings

Adjective

Noun

  • A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.

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Origin

  • From Middle English cryminal, borrowed from Anglo-Norman criminal, from Late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen ("crime").

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