criminal
English
/ˈkɹɪmənəl/
adj
Definitions
- Against the law; forbidden by law.
- Guilty of breaking the law.
- Of or relating to crime or penal law.
- (figuratively) Abhorrent or very undesirable.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English cryminal derived from criminal derived from Latin criminalis, crimen (crime) root from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*krey-
Gloss
separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anticriminal English
- archcriminal English
- biocriminology English
- concernable English
- crimebuster English
- criminalese English
- criminalise English
- criminalish English
- criminalism English
- criminalist English
- criminalistic English
- criminality English
- criminalizable English
- criminalization English
- criminalize English
- criminalizer English
- criminally English
- criminalness English
- criminogenic English
- criminogenically English
- criminological English
- criminologist English
- criminology English
- criminousness English
- critical English
- cybercriminal English
- decriminalise English
- decriminalization English
- decriminalize English
- diacritical English
- discernible English
- discernibleness English
- discernibly English
- discernment English
- discretionary English
- discriminate English
- discriminatory English
- e-criminal English
- excremental English
- hypocrite English
- hypocritical English
- indiscernible English
- indiscriminately English
- neurocriminology English
- noncriminal English
- nondiscretionary English
- nondiscrimination English
- oneirocritic English
- oneirocritical English
- oneirocriticism English
- overcriminalization English
- pseudocriminal English
- quasicriminal English
- recremental English
- recriminalization English
- recriminalize English
- recriminate English
- recrimination English
- secretaire English
- secretary English
- secretion English
- subcritical English
- supercriminal English
- supercritical English
- supracritical English
- cernō Latin
- certus Latin
- concerno Latin
- concernō Latin
- cribrum Latin
- crimen Latin
- criminalis Latin
- criminatio Latin
- criminatio, criminationis Latin
- crimino Latin
- crimino, criminatus Latin
- criminor Latin
- criminosus Latin
- critica Latin
- crībrum Latin
- crīmen Latin
- crīminālis Latin
- crīminōsus Latin
- discernere Latin
- discerno Latin
- discretio Latin
- discretus Latin
- discrimen Latin
- discriminatio Latin
- discriminatio, discrimīnatiōnem, discrimīnatiō Latin
- discriminatio, discrīminātiōnem, discrīminātiō Latin
- discrimino Latin
- discrētus Latin
- excerno Latin
- excretum Latin
- excrēmentum Latin
- excrētus Latin
- in Latin
- in- + discriminatum Latin
- screa Latin
- sēcrētus Latin
- Kriminalistik German
- kriminal German
- kriminell German
- escremento Italian
- escreto Italian
- crime French
- criminalité French
- criminel French
- récrimination French
- récriminer French
- secrétariat French
- διακριτικός Ancient Greek
- κρίνω Ancient Greek
- κρίσις Ancient Greek
- κρησέρα Ancient Greek
- κριτήριον Ancient Greek
- κριτικός Ancient Greek
- ὑπόκρισις Ancient Greek
- *krey- Proto-Indo-European
- *kri-n-ye-, *krinyéti Proto-Indo-European
- *kréymn̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *trem- Proto-Indo-European
- kriminell Norwegian Bokmål
- *hrainisōną Proto-Germanic
- *hrainiz Proto-Germanic
- *hrīdrą Proto-Germanic
- *hrīmaz Proto-Germanic
- *hrīnaną Proto-Germanic
- kriminell Swedish
- kriminell Norwegian Nynorsk
- dyrne Old English
- cryme Middle English
- cryminal Middle English
- dern Middle English
- hreina Old Norse
- hreinleikr Old Norse
- hreinsan Old Norse
- hreinsanareldr Old Norse
- hressa Old Norse
- hressleikr Old Norse
- hrinr Old Norse
- *krini- Proto-Celtic
- *krētros Proto-Celtic
- *ɸarekrini- Proto-Celtic
- *kreimen Proto-Italic
- *krinō Proto-Italic
- krieti Lithuanian
- criminal xno
- critical
- secretary
- secretion
- hypocrite
- e-criminal
- criminally
- secretaire
- criminalize
- concernable
- noncriminal
- discernment
- recremental
- criminalism
- criminalish
- discernible
- discernibly
- excremental
- subcritical
- criminology
- criminalese
- criminality
- criminalist
- recriminate
- criminalise
- diacritical
- crimebuster
- oneirocritic
- criminalizer
- discriminate
- hypocritical
- criminalness
- archcriminal
- criminogenic
- anticriminal
- decriminalise
- supercritical
- indiscernible
- recriminalize
- decriminalize
- discretionary
- recrimination
- cybercriminal
- criminologist
- quasicriminal
- supracritical
- supercriminal
- criminousness
- criminalistic
- pseudocriminal
- oneirocritical
- criminalizable
- criminological
- discriminatory
- biocriminology
- discernibleness
- criminalization
- oneirocriticism
- nondiscretionary
- indiscriminately
- neurocriminology
- criminogenically
- decriminalization
- recriminalization
- nondiscrimination
- overcriminalization