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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Alsatian :: Alsatian (n.) An inhabitant of Alsatia or Alsace in Germany, or of Alsatia or White Friars (a resort of debtors and criminals) in London..
Apprehend :: Apprehend (v. t.) Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal..
Transport :: Transport (v. t.) To carry, or cause to be carried, into banishment, as a criminal; to banish..
Object :: Object (v. t.) To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.
Hunt :: Hunt (v. t.) To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish..
Forfeit :: Forfeit (v. i.) To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.
Gallantry :: Gallantry (n.) Civility or polite attention to ladies; in a bad sense, attention or courtesy designed to win criminal favors from a female; freedom of principle or practice with respect to female virtue; intrigue..
Civil :: Civil (a.) Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings.
Suit :: Suit (n.) The attempt to gain an end by legal process; an action or process for the recovery of a right or claim; legal application to a court for justice; prosecution of right before any tribunal; as, a civil suit; a criminal suit; a suit in chancery..
Criminous :: Criminous (a.) Criminal; involving great crime or grave charges; very wicked; heinous.
Incorrigible :: Incorrigible (n.) One who is corrigible; especially, a hardened criminal; as, the perpetual imprisonment of incorrigibles..
Sinful :: Sinful (a.) Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts..
Malefactor :: Malefactor (n.) One who does wrong by injuring another, although not 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..
Inflict :: Inflict (v. t.) To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict a wound with a dagger; to inflict severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict punishment on an offender; to inflict the penalty of death on a criminal..
Panel :: Panel (n.) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) To charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as, to appeal a person of felony..
Sore :: Sore (superl.) Criminal; wrong; evil.
Criminalness :: Criminalness (n.) Criminality.
Piacular :: Piacular (a.) Requiring expiation; criminal; atrociously bad.
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