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
Investigators have found no criminality in the death of a 32-year-old man who was found unresponsive after riding a roller coaster at Universal's Epic Universe theme park in Florida in September, authorities announced on Thursday.
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2025
Nigeria has dismissed accusations of Christian genocide, saying Muslims are as much a victim of armed groups as Christians in the country of 230 million people that has been beset by decades of violence rooted in ethnic, religious and political divisions as well as criminality.
—Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
Cryptocurrency has largely managed to remain free of government regulation, and as a result has often become a vehicle for fraud and criminality.
—Jed S. Rakoff, The New York Review of Books, 27 Nov. 2025
The charge against him includes an enhancement of habitual criminality repeater that could subject him to harsher punishment, if he is convicted.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 25 Nov. 2025
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2025
Nigeria has dismissed accusations of Christian genocide, saying Muslims are as much a victim of armed groups as Christians in the country of 230 million people that has been beset by decades of violence rooted in ethnic, religious and political divisions as well as criminality.
—Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
Cryptocurrency has largely managed to remain free of government regulation, and as a result has often become a vehicle for fraud and criminality.
—Jed S. Rakoff, The New York Review of Books, 27 Nov. 2025
The charge against him includes an enhancement of habitual criminality repeater that could subject him to harsher punishment, if he is convicted.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 25 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for criminality
crime
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The charges Dasjanae Teyona Timmons, a 23-year-old with a Jessup address, and Dahmira Monya Laboo, another 23-year-old with a Severn address, were identified as suspects in the crime.—
Andrew Adeolu,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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Tyrone Williams faces 10 charges in Roxbury District Court, including multiple assault and firearms charges, compounded by having a previous violent crime or drug crime conviction.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Criminality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminality. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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