[crim.i.nal] adj [ME, fr. MF or LL; MF criminel, fr. LL criminalis, fr. L crimin- crimen crime] (15c) 1: relating to, involving, or being a crime "~ neglect"
2: relating to crime or to the prosecution of suspects in a crime "~ statistics" "brought ~ action"
3: guilty of crime; also: of or befitting a criminal "a ~ mind"
4: disgraceful -- crim.i.nal.ly adv
[2]criminal n (ca. 1626) 1: one who has committed a crime
2: a person who has been convicted of a crime