criminal English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Being against the law; forbidden by law.
* Addison
- Foppish and fantastic ornaments are only indications of vice, not criminal in themselves.
Guilty of breaking the law.
* Rogers
- The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us criminal in the sight of God.
Of or relating to crime or penal law.
* Hallam
- The officers and servants of the crown, violating the personal liberty, or other right of the subject were in some cases liable to criminal process.
- His long criminal record suggests that he is a dangerous man.
(figuratively) Abhorrent or very undesirable, even if allowed by law.
- ''Printing such asinine opinions without rebuttal is criminal , even when not libel!
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "criminal" is often applied: law, justice, court, procedure, prosecution, intent, case, record, act, action, behavior, code, offence, liability, investigation, conduct, defense, trial, history, responsibility, lawyer, tribunal, appeal, process, background, mind, conspiracy, evidence, gang, organization, underworld, jurisprudence, offender, jury, police, past, group, punishment, attorney, violence, report, career, psychology.
Synonyms
* illegal
Derived terms
* criminal conversation
* criminalisation
* criminalist
* criminalistics
* criminality
* criminalize
* criminal law
* criminal-law
* criminally
* criminal negligence
* criminalness
* criminal-offence
* criminal offence
* criminal procedure
* criminal record
Related terms
* criminate
* crimination
* criminologist
* criminology
* criminousness
Noun
( en noun)
A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.
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Synonyms
* lawbreaker
* offender
* perpetrator
* See also
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profligate English
Adjective
( en adjective)
(obsolete) Overthrown, ruined.
* Hudibras
- The foe is profligate , and run.
Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
* 2013 , Ben Smith, "[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24503988]", BBC Sport , 19 October 2013:
- Jay Rodriguez headed over and Dani Osvaldo might have done better with only David De Gea to beat and, as Southampton bordered on the profligate , United were far more ruthless.
Immoral; abandoned to vice.
* Roscommon
- a race more profligate than we
* Dryden
- Made prostitute and profligate muse.
Synonyms
* (inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly) extravagant, wasteful, prodigal
* immoral, licentious
* See also
Derived terms
* profligateness
Noun
( en noun)
An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.
Synonyms
* (overly wasteful or extravagant individual) wastrel
* See also and
Verb
( profligat)
(obsolete) To drive away; to overcome.
* 1840 , Alexander Walker, Woman Physiologically Considered as to Mind, Morals, Marriage, Matrimonial Slavery, Infidelity and Divorce , page 157:
- Such a stipulation would remove one powerful temptation to profligate pennyless seducers, of whom there are too many prowling in the higher circles ;
Synonyms
* overcome
Related terms
* profligacy
* profligately
* profligateness
* profligation
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