criminal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: criminal	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for criminal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
criminal adj bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife" Synonym(s): condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible, vicious guilty of crime or serious offense; "criminal in the sight of God and man" involving or being or having the nature of a crime; "a criminal offense"; "criminal abuse"; "felonious intent" Synonym(s): criminal, felonious n someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime Synonym(s): criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Criminal \Crim"inal\ (kr?m"?-nal), a. [L. criminalis, fr. crimen: cf. F. criminel. See {Crime}.] 1. Guilty of crime or sin. The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us criminal* in the sight of God. --Rogers. 2. Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness. Foppish and fantastic ornaments are only indications of vice, not criminal in themselves. --Addison. 3. Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal code. The officers and servants of the crown, violating the personal liberty, or other right of the subject . . . were in some cases liable to criminal process. --Hallam. {Criminal action} (Law), an action or suit instituted to secure conviction and punishment for a crime. {Criminal conversation} (Law), unlawful intercourse with a married woman; adultery; -- usually abbreviated, crim. con. {Criminal law}, the law which relates to crimes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Criminal \Crim"i*nal\, n. One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon.