criminal

1 عمومی:: جانی‌، بزهكار، جنایتكار، گناهكار، جنایی‌

شبکه مترجمین ایران

2 عمومی:: جنایتکار، تبهکار، جزایی، بزهکار، کیفری

شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general:: noun offender: The criminal was sent to prison. adj. illegal: It was a criminal act.

Simple Definitions

2 general:: 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 )

transnet.ir

3 general::   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

4 general:: 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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