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criminel — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • convict verb To find someone guilty of a crime in a court of law.
  • criminal adj Involving or relating to crime, or against the law.
  • felon noun Someone convicted of a felony — a serious crime.
  • lawbreaker noun One who breaks (violates) the law, a criminal.

Senses

criminel is used for these senses in English:

  • convict (legal) A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
  • criminal A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.
  • felon (criminal law) A person who has committed a felony; specifically, one who has been tried and convicted of such a crime.
  • lawbreaker One who breaks (violates) the law, a criminal.

convict — full definition

  1. verb To find someone guilty of a crime in a court of law.
  2. noun A person who has been found guilty of a crime and is serving a sentence.

criminal — full definition

  1. adj Involving or relating to crime, or against the law.
  2. noun A person who has committed a crime.
  3. adj Shockingly wrong or wasteful (used loosely, not in a legal sense).

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