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In natural English speech, "criminal" appears in contexts such as: "he was of course hard-working but it was the party who allowed him to do this work and now the party has made him a criminal tahir is a university lecturer in gutting in germany he has followed in his father's footsteps and teaches". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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adjective

Against the law; forbidden by law.

“Foppish and fantastic ornaments are only indications of vice, not criminal in themselves.”

Synonyms:crimeful delictuous illegal illicit

adjective

Guilty of breaking the law.

“The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us criminal in the sight of God.”

Synonyms:at fault culpable blameworthy

noun

A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.

“‘[…] There's every Staffordshire crime-piece ever made in this cabinet, and that's unique. The Van Hoyer Museum in New York hasn't that very rare second version of Maria Marten's Red Barn over there, nor the little Frederick George Manning—he was the criminal Dickens saw hanged on the roof of the gaol in Horsemonger Lane, by the way—’”

Synonyms:lawbreaker offender perpetrator hoodlum

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