NONCRIMINAL Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

noncriminal

adjective

Definition of noncriminal

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Recent Examples of noncriminal An Immigration and Custom Enforcement report earlier this month listed its population at 1,153 — of which 828 people were listed as noncriminal detainees. — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2026 The current use of Whren in the immigration context takes these abuses further yet, singling out people not on suspicion of criminal behavior but for noncriminal immigration enforcement. — Paul Rosenzweig, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2026 Wyatt was issued a noncriminal traffic citation earlier this year and fired in April for the crash. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025 The administration has faced pushback from portions of Americans who have questioned the tactics and end goals of such policies, including detaining and in some instances deporting nonviolent and noncriminal immigrants. — Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for noncriminal

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Adjective

Sánchez, while a popular progressive leader internationally, has been surrounded by a series of legal cases against his Socialist party and even his family, which all deny any wrongdoing.

— JOSEPH WILSON, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
There are obvious areas of overlap in corporate functions like IT, marketing, procurement and legal.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of legal

Adjective

The Justice Department has defended its data-sharing effort as lawful; in an interim ruling, the Supreme Court allowed the federal database to be used while litigation continues.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
They are proposed as generative anchors that shape the lawful ways a quantum object can appear, behave and relate.

— Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of lawful

Adjective

That means an alert could be triggered by a legitimate loan, lien or another person with the same name.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
OpenAI itself describes distillation as a legitimate technical method for creating training data for smaller models.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of legitimate

Adjective

Many families cannot afford to take the full allowable time off, using up sick or vacation time if available.

— Megan Kuykendoll, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026
And where did one draw the line, anyway, between allowable excess and disruptive public discourse?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of allowable

Adjective

Moore claims she was deprived of a fair hearing and that the arbitrator exceeded permissible authority and disregarded the law.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2026
In one place, a behavior is permissible or even encouraged, while in another, that same behavior is unacceptable and has negative consequences.

— Dr. Monika Sumra, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of permissible

Adjective

Only authorized law enforcement personnel can access the system.

— Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
The FraudClassifier model distinguishes between payments initiated by authorized and unauthorized parties and explicitly recognizes situations in which an authorized party was manipulated or acted fraudulently.

— Shahen Minasyan, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of authorized

Adjective

The tax revolt was a successful attempt by a small group of ideologues to capitalize on people’s justifiable anger at the cost-of-living crisis that followed the war in Vietnam, along with California’s runaway home prices.

— Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
The valuation of Fernandez is entirely justifiable within the context of the huge fees paid by several Premier League clubs, and specifically City, for high-level central midfielders this summer.

— Liam Twomey, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

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