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noun

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Recent Examples of criminal
Adjective
The Kremlin maintains that mercenaries are subject to criminal prosecution and not entitled to prisoner-of-war protections under international law. Chris Lau, CNN Money, 17 May 2025 Murrill’s office also invoked the habitual offenders statute, where criminal defendants can be tagged as habitual offenders after a fourth felony charge, according to Louisiana law, and face longer prison sentences. Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2025
Noun
Then in 1967 he was waylaid in his car by criminals who shot him and killed his wife, Pauline. Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025 Youngest brother Dante is reckless and indebted to dangerous criminals. Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for criminal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for criminal
Adjective
  • Louisville police say anything that goes into the air or explodes is illegal for average citizens.
    James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 5 July 2017
  • Official fireworks shows took place over the city, and illegal pyrotechnics lit up the sky everywhere in between.
    Lisa Beebe, Los Angeles Magazine, 5 July 2017
Adjective
  • Of note: Your Content must not be false, defamatory, misleading or hateful, or infringe any copyright or any other third-party rights or otherwise be unlawful.
    Will Matsuda, New York Times, 23 May 2025
  • The court concluded that the administration’s unilateral actions without approval by Congress were unlawful.
    Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Adjective
  • Without effective safeguards in place, there are considerable risks to all businesses along alcohol supply chains of becoming implicated in illicit trading.
    Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • Robert Holden, a Queens City Council member that represents the area, shared a video on X during the 2024 raid that showed a sheriff’s deputy flipping a switch that changed the counter display glass from frosted to clear, revealing shelves of illicit weed products.
    Ashley Southall, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • She has been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon (felonious assault), first-degree vulnerable adult abuse and assault or assault and battery.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Jones-Ogletree, who also goes by Darnell Ogletree, is charged with murder, felonious assault and abduction.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But Diaz, the Hialeah grandmother, pointed to a recent State Department travel advisory that warned Americans to not travel there because of the high risk of wrongful detention, torture, terrorism and kidnapping, as well as crime, civil unrest, and the country’s poor health infrastructure.
    Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 20 May 2025
  • She was later awarded $13,000 in compensation for wrongful arrests, according to Christian Today.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2025

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“Criminal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminal. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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