Definition of criminal

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Criminal (n.) One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon..

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Criminally :: Criminally (adv.) In violation of law; wickedly.
Guilt :: Guilt (v. t.) The criminality and consequent exposure to punishment resulting from willful disobedience of law, or from morally wrong action; the state of one who has broken a moral or political law; crime; criminality; offense against right..
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..
Sore :: Sore (superl.) Criminal; wrong; evil.
Appealable :: Appealable (a.) That may be accused or called to answer by appeal; as, a criminal is appealable for manslaughter..
Joinder :: Joinder (v. t.) A joining of causes of action or defense in civil suits or criminal prosecutions.
Suborner :: Subornation (n.) The sin or offense of procuring one to do a criminal or bad action, as by bribes or persuasion..
Detective :: Detective (n.) One who business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy.
Hurdle :: Hurdle (n.) In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution..
Culpable :: Culpable (a.) Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal.
Brand :: Brand (v. t.) A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma.
Information :: Information (v. t.) A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand juri. See Indictment..
Maiden :: Maiden (n.) An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals..
Tardy :: Tardy (superl.) Criminal; guilty.
Criminous :: Criminous (a.) Criminal; involving great crime or grave charges; very wicked; heinous.
Noxious :: Noxious (a.) Guilty; criminal.
Misjoinder :: Misjoinder (n.) An incorrect union of parties or of causes of action in a procedure, criminal or civil..
Crimeful :: Crimeful (a.) Criminal; wicked; contrary to law, right, or dury..
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..
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..
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