Criminologist

//ˈkɹɪ.mɪ.nɒ.lə.dʒɪst// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who practices criminology.

    "Not according to professor James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University in Boston who has been studying mass murder for the past three decades."

  2. 2
    a specialist in criminology wordnet

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"That man is a criminologist. Trust him!"

Etymology

From criminology + -ist.

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