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criminal law


criminal law

noun

Definition of CRIMINAL LAW

: the law of crimes and their punishments
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First Known Use of CRIMINAL LAW

1769

Rhymes with CRIMINAL LAW

brother-in-law, circular saw, counselor-at-law, daughter-in-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law, musical saw, pipsissewa, positive law, serjeant-at-law, sister-in-law, stick in one's craw, unwritten law

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