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criminal
English
Etymology
From Middle English cryminal, borrowed from Anglo-Norman criminal, from Late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen (“crime”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k??m?n?l/
Adjective
criminal (comparative more criminal, superlative most criminal)
- Against the law; forbidden by law.
- Foppish and fantastic ornaments are only indications of vice, not criminal in themselves.
- Guilty of breaking the law.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, The Difficulties of Obtaining Salvation
- The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us criminal in the sight of God.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, The Difficulties of Obtaining Salvation
- Of or relating to crime or penal law.
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
- The officers and servants of the crown, violating the personal liberty, or other right of the subject […] in some cases, were liable to criminal process.
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
- (figuratively) Abhorrent or very undesirable.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "criminal" is often applied: law, justice, court, procedure, prosecution, intent, case, record, act, action, behavior, code, offence, liability, investigation, conduct, defense, trial, history, responsibility, lawyer, tribunal, appeal, process, background, mind, conspiracy, evidence, gang, organization, underworld, jurisprudence, offender, jury, police, past, group, punishment, attorney, violence, report, career, psychology.
Synonyms
- crimeful
- illegal
- delictuous
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
criminal (plural criminals)
- A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.
- Synonyms: lawbreaker, offender, perpetrator
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:criminal
Hypernyms
- person
Derived terms
- cybercriminal
- thought criminal
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin crimin?lis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /k?i.mi?nal/
Adjective
criminal (masculine and feminine plural criminals)
- criminal (against the law)
- criminal (guilty of breaking the law)
- criminal (of or relating to crime)
Derived terms
Noun
criminal m or f (plural criminals)
- criminal (a person who is guilty of a crime)
Related terms
- crim
Further reading
- “criminal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “criminal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “criminal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “criminal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin or Juridical Latin crimin?lis, from Latin cr?men.
Adjective
criminal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular criminale)
- criminal; illegal; against the law
Declension
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin or Juridical Latin crimin?lis (“criminal”), from Latin cr?men (“verdict; crime”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /k?i.mi.?na?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /k?i.mi.?naw/
Adjective
criminal m or f (plural criminais, not comparable)
- (law) criminal (of or relating to crime or penal law)
Related terms
Further reading
- “criminal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French criminel, Late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kri.mi?nal]
Noun
criminal m (plural criminali, feminine equivalent criminal?)
- criminal, felon, perpetrator, offender, lawbreaker
- murderer, slayer
- cutthroat, thug
Declension
Adjective
criminal m or n (feminine singular criminal?, masculine plural criminali, feminine and neuter plural criminale)
- criminal, felonious, lawbreaking
- murderous, homicidal
- cutthroat
Declension
Related terms
- criminalitate
Adverb
criminal
- criminally
Related terms
- crim?
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin or Juridical Latin crimin?lis (“criminal”), from Latin cr?men (“verdict; crime”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?imi?nal/, [k?i.mi?nal]
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
criminal (plural criminales)
- criminal
Derived terms
- criminalmente
- criminalista
- criminalizar
Noun
criminal m or f (plural criminales)
- criminal
Related terms
- crimen
- criminalidad
- acriminar
Further reading
- “criminal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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erring
English
Etymology 1
From the verb err.
Verb
erring
- present participle of err
Noun
erring (plural errings)
- The act of one who errs; sin.
- 1837, Matthew Hole, John Allen Giles, Practical discourses on the liturgy of the Church of England, page 116:
- […] these errings and strayings are here, according to the language of Scripture, compared to those of sheep, and lost sheep.
- 1837, Matthew Hole, John Allen Giles, Practical discourses on the liturgy of the Church of England, page 116:
Etymology 2
From the verb er.
Verb
erring
- present participle of er
Anagrams
- Griner, Ringer, gerrin', girner, ringer
German
Pronunciation
Verb
erring
- singular imperative of erringen
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