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
- verb To find someone guilty of a crime in a court of law.
- noun A person who has been found guilty of a crime and is serving a sentence.
criminal — full definition
- adj Involving or relating to crime, or against the law.
- noun A person who has committed a crime.
- adj Shockingly wrong or wasteful (used loosely, not in a legal sense).