Thesaurus results for CRIMINALITY

criminality

noun

ˌkri-mə-ˈna-lə-tē

Definition of criminality next

as in crime

activities that are in violation of the laws of the state a report on the drop in criminality in large urban centers

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Recent Examples of criminality Protesters held banners decrying criminality and calling for law and order. —

Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026 Far from accidental, these highly intentional strikes are one of the untold stories of Russian criminality. —

U.s. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2026 The government's social media posts for those six instead rely upon the charges and arrests as evidence of their criminality, even though arrests don't always lead to charges and charges can be dismissed. —

Huo Jingnan, NPR, 27 Feb. 2026 But in the long run, that doesn’t do anything to dismantle networks of criminality or reduce the size of their operations. —

Angélica Durán-Martínez, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for criminality

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crime

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Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage?

— Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
Webster was arraigned Wednesday on charges of assault with intent to murder and lying to a peace officer during a violent crime investigation.

— Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026