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Criminal ˈkrɪmɪnl Police Violent Crimes Noun Convicted Put

Word3 criminal
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ˈkrɪmɪnl/ /ˈkrɪmɪnl/
Example
  • a convicted criminal
  • police sometimes put themselves in danger when arresting violent criminals.
  • society does not know how to deal with hardened criminals (= people who regularly commit crimes and are not sorry for what they do).
  • a career criminal (= who earns their income through criminal activities)
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criminal

(noun)/ˈkrɪmɪnl/ /ˈkrɪmɪnl/
  1. a person who commits a crime
    • SEE ALSO war criminal
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/war-criminal
    • a convicted criminal
    • Police sometimes put themselves in danger when arresting violent criminals.
    • Society does not know how to deal with hardened criminals (= people who regularly commit crimes and are not sorry for what they do).
    • a career criminal (= who earns their income through criminal activities)
    • He admits to being a petty criminal (= who commits crimes that are not very serious).
    • white-collar criminals
    • a gang of criminals

    Extra Examples

    • He has been associating with known criminals.
    • I told him to pass the information to the police so they could catch the criminals.
    • She was treated like a common criminal.
    • Sending these youngsters to prison simply trains them to become professional criminals.
    • serial killers and other kinds of violent criminals
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