Examples of “criminal” in a Sentence

adj Involving or relating to crime, or against the law.

• The police opened a criminal investigation into the missing money.
• Fraud is a criminal offense.
• She works in criminal law.

noun A person who has committed a crime.

• The film follows a clever criminal who plans one last theft.
• Courts decide how a criminal should be punished after the trial.
• The police finally caught the criminal responsible for the robberies.

adj Shockingly wrong or wasteful (used loosely, not in a legal sense).

• It would be criminal to waste such a beautiful sunny afternoon indoors.
• Charging that much for a plain sandwich is criminal, if you ask me.
• It's criminal how much food gets thrown away every day.