Antonyms for criminal

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : krim-uh-nl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkrɪm ə nl

Definition of criminal

Origin : early 15c., from Middle French criminel (11c.), from Latin criminalis "pertaining to crime," from crimen (genitive criminis); see crime. Preserves the Latin -n-. Criminal law (or criminal justice) distinguished from civil in English at least since late 15c.

adj lawless, felonious
noun person who breaks the law

Example sentences :

Wastefulness, profligacy, or favoritism in public expenditures is criminal.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

If we concede to the criminal the right to a further chance we concede it to ourselves.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

She had been reared in a criminal family, which must excuse much.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

It demanded that she be the criminal it had branded her—if she were to live at all.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Would it be so criminal when it all tends to what is honourable—marriage?
Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire

Was he not a criminal—was he not about to leave his position because of theft?
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

He appears to think that so distinguished a criminal should have been ducked in a tank of rosewater.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

We of Tiverton never allowed our neighbor to forget her criminal lapse.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

There ought to be a criminal code passed for hanging bakers.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

I do not know whose heads are criminal, but I think I know whose are imbecile.
Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

Synonyms for criminal

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