criminal

English

/ˈkɹɪmənəl/

adj
Definitions
  • Against the law; forbidden by law.
  • Guilty of breaking the law.
  • Of or relating to crime or penal law.
  • (figuratively) Abhorrent or very undesirable.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English cryminal derived from criminal derived from Latin criminalis, crimen (crime) root from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*krey-

Gloss

separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part

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