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شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
english
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noun offender: The criminal was sent to prison. adj. illegal: It was a criminal act.
Simple Definitions
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criminal nouns criminal activity • There was no evidence of any criminal activity. a criminal offence/act (= a crime ) • Cruelty to animals is a criminal offence. criminal behaviour • Is it possible that the tendency to criminal behaviour is inherited? criminal wrongdoing American English (= actions that are illegal ) • The investigation cleared him of any criminal wrongdoing. criminal damage British English (= damaging someone's property illegally ) • He was charged with criminal damage to his boss's car. criminal negligence (= not taking enough care to protect people you are responsible for ) • Charges of criminal negligence were brought against senior staff. a criminal investigation (= when a possible crime is investigated ) • The FBI is conducting a criminal investigation into the bombing. criminal 2 nouns the criminal justice system • How effective is our criminal justice system? criminal law • I’m more interested in criminal law than civil law. a criminal charge (= an official accusation that someone has committed a crime ) • He’s been arrested on a very serious criminal charge. a criminal record (= a record, kept by the police, of the crimes someone has committed ) • It can be hard for someone with a criminal record to find work. a criminal case • The crown court usually deals with criminal cases. a criminal trial • His year-long criminal trial ended in October. criminal proceedings (= actions to deal with criminals, such as charging people with crimes or bringing them to trial ) • Criminal proceedings have been started against the officers connected with the events. a criminal court • The trial will take place in an international criminal court. a criminal lawyer (= who deals with criminal cases )
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noun ADJ. dangerous, violent | serious | habitual, hardened | professional | master | petty | convicted | known He has been associating with known criminals. | notorious | common She was treated like a common criminal. | white-collar | war He was tried as a war criminal. VERB + CRIMINAL catch I told him to pass the information to the police so they could catch the criminals.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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criminal someone who is involved in illegal activities or has been proved guilty of a crime. Criminal is used especially about someone who often does things that are illegal: • Criminals are stealing people's credit card details off the Internet. • He is one of the most wanted criminals in the United States. offender someone who breaks the law: • The courts should impose tougher punishments on offenders. • a special prison for young offenders crook informal a dishonest person, especially one who steals money and who you cannot trust: • Some politicians are crooks, but not all of them. • They're just a bunch of crooks. felon law especially American English someone who has committed a serious crime: • Convicted felons should not be allowed to profit from their crimes. the culprit the person who has done something wrong or illegal: • The culprits were never found. • If I ever catch the culprit, he or she is in big trouble. • The culprits were just six years old. delinquent a young person who behaves badly and is likely to commit crimes - used especially in the phrase juvenile delinquent: • He later worked with juvenile delinquents in a Florida youth services program. accomplice someone who helps a criminal to do something illegal: • Police believe the murderer must have had an accomplice. different types of criminal thief someone who steals things: • Car thieves have been working in the area. • The thieves stole over £5,000 worth of jewellery. robber someone who steals money or valuable things from a bank, shop etc – used especially when someone sees the person who is stealing: • a masked robber armed with a shotgun • They were the most successful bank robbers in US history. burglar someone who goes into people’s homes in order to steal: • The burglars broke in through a window. shoplifter someone who takes things from shops without paying for them: • The cameras have helped the store catch several shoplifters. pickpocket someone who steals things from people’s pockets, especially in a crowd: • A sign warned that pickpockets were active in the station. conman/fraudster someone who deceives people in order to get money or things: • Conmen tricked the woman into giving them her savings, as an ‘investment’. forger someone who illegally copies official documents, money, artworks etc: • a forger who fooled museum curators counterfeiter someone who illegally copies money, official documents, or goods: • Counterfeiters in Colombia are printing almost perfect dollar bills. pirate someone who illegally copies and sells another person’s work: • DVD pirates mugger someone who attacks and robs people in public places: • Muggers took his money and mobile phone. murderer someone who deliberately kills someone else: • His murderer was sentenced to life imprisonment. • the murderer of civil rights activist Medgar Evers • He is a mass murderer (= someone who kills a large number of people ) . serial killer someone who kills several people, one after the other over a period of time, in a similar way: • Shipman was a trusted family doctor who became Britain's worst serial killer. rapist someone who forces someone else to have sex: • Some rapists drug their victims so that they become unconscious. sex offender someone who is guilty of a crime related to sex: • Too many sex offenders are released from prison early. vandal someone who deliberately damages public property: • Vandals broke most of the school’s windows. arsonist someone who deliberately sets fire to a building: • The warehouse fire may have been the work of an arsonist.
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