CRIMINAL

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Late Latin; Anglo-French ~, from Late Latin ~is, from Latin crimin-, crimen crime Date: 15th century relating to, involving, or being a crime , relating to crime or to the prosecution of suspects in a crime , guilty of crime, disgraceful , ~ly adverb II. noun Date: circa 1626 one who has committed a crime, a person who has been convicted of a crime