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criminal BrE / ˈkrɪmɪnl /  NAmE / ˈkrɪmɪnl / Native audio playback is not supported. criminal(noun)BrE / ˈkrɪmɪnl /  NAmE / ˈkrɪmɪnl / a person who commits a crimeSociety does not know how to deal with hardened criminals (= people who regularly commit crimes and are not sorry for what they do).a career criminalExtra ExamplesHe has been associating with known criminals.He was tried as a war criminal.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.Society does not know how to deal with hardened criminals.career criminalsWord Originlate Middle English (as an adjective): from late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen ‘judgement, offence’, crimin-, based on cernere ‘to judge’.

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(noun) 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 criminalhe has been associating with known criminals.he was tried as a war criminal. Search images by the wordhttps://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=661&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=criminal This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Word	criminal
WordType	(noun)
Phonetic	BrE / ˈkrɪmɪnl / NAmE / ˈkrɪmɪnl /
Example	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 he has been associating with known criminals. he was tried as a war criminal.
Sound	Native audio playback is not supported.
Image	Search images by the word https://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=661&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=criminal
Content	criminal (noun)BrE / ˈkrɪmɪnl / NAmE / ˈkrɪmɪnl / a person who commits a crime 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 Extra Examples He has been associating with known criminals. He was tried as a war criminal. 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. Society does not know how to deal with hardened criminals. career criminals Word Origin late Middle English (as an adjective): from late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen ‘judgement, offence’, crimin-, based on cernere ‘to judge’.
Copyright	This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Criminals ˈkrɪmɪnl Society Deal Hardened Career Noun Bre

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