Definition of criminal

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Criminal (a.) Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness..

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Sore :: Sore (superl.) Criminal; wrong; evil.
Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal..
Conjuration :: Conjuration (n.) A league for a criminal purpose; conspiracy.
Panel :: Panel (n.) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.
Criminal :: Criminal (n.) One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon..
Crown Office :: Crown office () The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases..
Noxious :: Noxious (a.) Guilty; criminal.
Gallows :: Gallows (n. sing.) A frame from which is suspended the rope with which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like frame for suspending anything..
Suborner :: Subornation (n.) The sin or offense of procuring one to do a criminal or bad action, as by bribes or persuasion..
Delivery :: Delivery (n.) The act of delivering up or over; surrender; transfer of the body or substance of a thing; distribution; as, the delivery of a fort, of hostages, of a criminal, of goods, of letters..
Detect :: Detect (v. t.) To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light; as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake in an account..
Neckweed :: Neckweed (n.) The hemp; -- so called as furnishing ropes for hanging criminals.
Deathwatch :: Deathwatch (n.) The guard set over a criminal before his execution.
Starched :: Star-chamber (n.) An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed on mere rumor or examine witnesses; it could apply torture. It was abolished by the Long Parliament in 1641..
Doom :: Doom (v. t.) To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a criminal doomed to chains or death..
Criminology :: Criminology (n.) A treatise on crime or the criminal population.
Lawbreaker :: Lawbreaker (n.) One who disobeys the law; a criminal.
Assize :: Assize (n.) A court, the sitting or session of a court, for the trial of processes, whether civil or criminal, by a judge and jury..
Criminous :: Criminous (a.) Criminal; involving great crime or grave charges; very wicked; heinous.
Detective :: Detective (a.) Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer..
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