criminal

criminal is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Guilty of crime or sin. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Guilty of crime or sin.
2. adjective. Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness.
3. adjective. Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal code.
4. noun. One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon.
5. noun. someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

   Synonyms: crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw

6. adjective. guilty of crime or serious offense

   "criminal in the sight of God and man"

7. adjective. involving or being or having the nature of a crime

   "a criminal offense"

   "criminal abuse"

   Synonyms: felonious

8. adjective. bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

   "a criminal waste of talent"

   "a deplorable act of violence"

   Synonyms: condemnable, deplorable, reprehensible, vicious

Synonyms

crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw, felonious, condemnable, deplorable, reprehensible, vicious

Common word forms

criminals, criminally, criminalise, criminality, criminalize, criminalness

Words from these letters

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