| query | C_______ means connected with crime.Criminal means connected with crime. He faces various criminal charges. At 17, he had a criminal record for petty theft. Doug was found guilty of criminal assault and sentenced to six months in jail. Between 1960 and 1985 we had a tenfold increase of criminality. ...a hospital for the criminally insane. |
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| word | criminal |
| full-definition | noun A criminal is a person who regularly commits crimes. A group of gunmen attacked a prison and set free nine criminals in Moroto. adjective Criminal means connected with crime. He faces various criminal charges. At 17, he had a criminal record for petty theft. Doug was found guilty of criminal assault and sentenced to six months in jail. Between 1960 and 1985 we had a tenfold increase of criminality. ...a hospital for the criminally insane. If you describe an action as criminal, you think it is very wrong or a serious mistake . He said a full-scale dispute involving strikes would be criminal. It was, he said, criminally irresponsible for any party to say it would never raise personal taxation. |
| inflections | criminalscriminalitycriminallycriminally |
| cefr-level | A2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a2
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