noun
- Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime.
- synonyms: felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor
adjective
- Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure.
- usage: "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"
- synonyms: condemnable, deplorable, reprehensible, vicious
- Guilty of crime or serious offense.
- usage: "criminal in the sight of God and man"
- Involving or being or having the nature of a crime.
- usage: "a criminal offense"; "criminal abuse"; "felonious intent"
- synonyms: felonious
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