Definition of criminal

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Criminal (a.) Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal code..

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Try :: Try (v. t.) To examine or investigate judicially; to examine by witnesses or other judicial evidence and the principles of law; as, to try a cause, or a criminal..
Criminate :: Criminate (v. t. ) To involve in a crime or in its consequences; to render liable to a criminal charge.
Scelerat :: Scelerat (n.) A villain; a criminal.
Flagitious :: Flagitious (a.) Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts, crimes, etc..
Verdict :: Verdict (n.) The answer of a jury given to the court concerning any matter of fact in any cause, civil or criminal, committed to their examination and determination; the finding or decision of a jury on the matter legally submitted to them in the course of the trial of a cause..
Spot :: Spot (v. t.) To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal..
Sinful :: Sinful (a.) Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts..
Prison :: Prison (n.) Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority..
Right :: Right (a.) That which one has a legal or social claim to do or to exact; legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a right to arrest a criminal..
Prosecution :: Prosecution (n.) The institution, or commencement, and continuance of a criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an offender before a legal tribunal, and pursuing them to final judgment on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information..
Reset :: Reset (v. t.) To harbor or secrete; to hide, as stolen goods or a criminal..
Empower :: Empower (v. t.) To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor..
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.
Suborner :: Subornation (n.) The sin or offense of procuring one to do a criminal or bad action, as by bribes or persuasion..
Hurdle :: Hurdle (n.) In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution..
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..
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..
Criminalist :: Criminalist (n.) One versed in criminal law.
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..
Sentence :: Sentence (n.) In civil and admiralty law, the judgment of a court pronounced in a cause; in criminal and ecclesiastical courts, a judgment passed on a criminal by a court or judge; condemnation pronounced by a judgical tribunal; doom. In common law, the term is exclusively used to denote the judgment in criminal cases..
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