Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
Guilty of crime or sin.
- 2adjective
Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness.
- 3adjective
Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal code.
- 4noun
One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon.
- 5noun
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
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- 6adjective
guilty of crime or serious offense
"criminal in the sight of God and man"
- 7adjective
involving or being or having the nature of a crime
"a criminal offense"
"criminal abuse"
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- 8adjective
bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
"a criminal waste of talent"
"a deplorable act of violence"
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