CRIMINAL


Meaning of CRIMINAL in English

n. & adj.

--n. a person who has committed a crime or crimes.

--adj.

1. of, involving, or concerning crime (criminal records).

2 having committed (and usu. been convicted of) a crime.

3 Law relating to or expert in criminal law rather than civil or political matters (criminal code; criminal lawyer).

4 colloq. scandalous, deplorable.

Phrases and idioms:

criminal law law concerned with punishment of offenders (opp. civil law). criminal libel see LIBEL.

Derivatives:

criminality n. criminally adv.

Etymology: ME f. LL criminalis (as CRIME)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.