Examples of criminalist in a Sentence
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Among other things, defense lawyers uncovered crime lab records that showed troubling work history of criminalists who worked on the case, and that evidence had been mishandled.
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Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2023
Singh remained across the street, pacing and on the phone as detectives arrived and police forensic criminalists photographed the victims and bullet casings scattered in the parking lot.
—oregonlive, 3 May 2023
The retired criminalist was the one who first worked the Hough murder.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
The criminalist provided a forensic report to a police sergeant, who obtained an arrest warrant for the woman based largely on the DNA match, according to the lawsuit.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2022
The Merritt letter joins a previous letter issued in February that raised concerns over the work of criminalist Connie Milton, who retired from the lab in March.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2021
Afterward, Dmitry Gorin, one of Grossman’s lawyers, called Orange County lab criminalist Kelly Brown to testify.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2022
Lambert’s stunned reaction caught the criminalist off-guard.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
That was John Simms, a criminalist respected by his peers for his thoroughness.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
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Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2023
Singh remained across the street, pacing and on the phone as detectives arrived and police forensic criminalists photographed the victims and bullet casings scattered in the parking lot.
—oregonlive, 3 May 2023
The retired criminalist was the one who first worked the Hough murder.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
The criminalist provided a forensic report to a police sergeant, who obtained an arrest warrant for the woman based largely on the DNA match, according to the lawsuit.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2022
The Merritt letter joins a previous letter issued in February that raised concerns over the work of criminalist Connie Milton, who retired from the lab in March.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2021
Afterward, Dmitry Gorin, one of Grossman’s lawyers, called Orange County lab criminalist Kelly Brown to testify.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2022
Lambert’s stunned reaction caught the criminalist off-guard.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
That was John Simms, a criminalist respected by his peers for his thoroughness.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
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First Known Use
1951, in the meaning defined above
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“Criminalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/criminalist. Accessed 29 Nov. 2023.
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criminalist
noun
crim·i·nal·ist
ˈkri-mə-nə-list 
: one who practices criminalistics as a profession
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