Criminology

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolcriminología

Françaiscriminologie

DeutschKriminologie

24 more languages

العربيةعلم الإجرام علم الجريمَة

Bosanskikriminalistika kriminologija криминологија

Češtinakriminologie

Cymraegtroseddeg

Danskkriminologi

Ελληνικάεγκληματολογία

Suomikriminologia rikosoppi

Hrvatskikriminalistika kriminologija криминологија

Bahasa Indonesiakriminologi

Italianocriminologia

日本語犯罪学

한국어범죄학

Македонскикриминологија

Nederlandscriminologie

Polskikryminologia

Portuguêscriminologia

Românăcriminologie

Русскийкриминоло́гия

Српскиkriminalistika kriminologija криминологија

Svenskakriminologi

ไทยอาชญาวิทยา

Tagalogkriminolohiya

Türkçekriminoloji

Tiếng Việttội phạm học

Examples

“"So that then begins a sort ⟳ of rethinking of my idea of criminology," Weisburd said. "Like ⟳ most other people, my studies were about people. I said, maybe we ought to be more concerned with places."”

CEFR level

C1

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

criminophobia criminousness CRIMM Crimmas crimmigrant crimmigration

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