Criminality

noun

noun ·5 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being criminal. uncountable
  2. 2
    the state of being a criminal wordnet
  3. 3
    Criminal activity. uncountable

    "rampant criminality"

  4. 4
    A criminal act. countable

    "The storm-centre of a combined newspaper attack lasting for months, Daylight's character had been torn to shreds. There was no fact in his history that had not been distorted into a criminality or a vice. This public making of him over into an iniquitous monster had pretty well crushed any lingering hope he had of getting acquainted with Dede Mason."

Synonyms

All synonyms
criminalnesscrimedelinquencyabnormalityamoralityanarchy

Example

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"Institutionalized criminality will likely remain in Morocco."

Etymology

From French criminalité, from Latin criminalitas, from Latin criminalis. See criminal.

Related phrases

double criminality

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