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Meaning of criminal | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
ˈkɹɪm.ɪ.nəl

Definitions

  1. Against the law; forbidden by law
  2. A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.
  3. Guilty of breaking the law
  4. One that has committed or been legally convicted of a crime.
  5. Of or relating to crime or penal law
  6. Of, involving, or being a crime:illegal, illegitimate, illicit, lawless, unlawful, wrongful.
  7. Abhorrent or very undesirable
  8. One who commits a crime:lawbreaker, malefactor, offender.
  9. A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law
  10. a person who has been found guilty of a crime. misdadiger مُجْرم، جانِ престъпник criminoso zločinec der/die Verbrecher(in) kriminel; forbryder εγκληματίαςcriminal, delincuente kurjategija جنایتکار؛ مجرم rikollinen criminelפושע अपराधी kriminalac, zločinac bűnös, bűnöző penjahat glæpamaður criminale 罪人 범인 nusikaltėlis noziedznieks pesalah misdadigerforbryterprzestępca مجرم criminoso infractor преступник zločinec zločinec kriminalac brottsling, förbrytare ผู้ที่ทำผิดกฎหมาย suç/cinayet işleyen k...
  11. misdadig جِنائيّا престъпно criminosamente trestně, kriminálně kriminell, strafbar kriminelt; forbryderiskt εγκληματικά criminalmente kuritegelikult جنایت کارانه؛ از لحاظ جنایی rikollisesti criminellement בְּצוּרָה פּוֹשַעַת अपराधिक ढंग से zločinački, kriminalno bűnös úton secara kriminal glæpsamlega criminalmente, criminosamente 法を犯して 유죄로 pagal baudžiamąją teisę, nusikalstamai krimināli; noziedzīgi kesalahan misdadigforbrytersk, kriminelt przestępczo په جنایت سره ، د جنایی له لحاظه criminosa...
  12. Of, involving, or having the nature of crime: criminal abuse.
  13. Relating to the administration of penal law.
  14. Guilty of crime.
  15. Shameful; disgraceful: a criminal waste of talent.

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca cinayətkar
Беларуская злачынец
Български престъпник
Català criminal
Esperanto krima krimulo
Euskara gaizkile
Français criminel criminelle
Gàidhlig eucoireach
Galego criminal
עברית עבריין רשע
Հայերեն հանցագործ
Bahasa Indonesia bajingan bajul bramacorah gali kriminal penjahat preman
Íslenska glæpamaður
Italiano criminale
Қазақша қылмыскер
Кыргызча кылмышкер
Latina scelestus scelus
Lietuvių nusikaltėlis
Latviešu noziedznieks
मराठी गुन्हेगार
မြန်မာဘာသာ တရားခံ ရာဇဝတ်ကောင်
Slovenčina zločinec
Slovenščina zločinec
Shqip keqbërës
Kiswahili mhalifu
தமிழ் குற்றவாளி
Тоҷикӣ ҷинояткор
ئۇيغۇرچە جىنايەتچى
Tiếng Việt hình sự tội phạm

Examples

“‘[…] There's every Staffordshire crime-piece ever made in this cabinet, and that's unique. The Van Hoyer Museum in New York hasn't that very rare second version of Maria Marten's Red Barn over there, nor the little Frederick George Manning—he was the criminal Dickens saw hanged on the roof of the gaol in Horsemonger Lane, by the way—’”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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