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anticriminal

anticriminal adjective: opposing or countering criminals.

Adjective

anticriminal (comparative more anticriminal, superlative most anticriminal)

  1. Opposing or countering criminals.

Forms of anticriminal

comparativemore anticriminal
superlativemost anticriminal

Origin of anticriminal

From anti- + criminal.

Questions about anticriminal

What does anticriminal mean?
Anticriminal means opposing or countering criminals.
What part of speech is anticriminal?
Anticriminal is an adjective.

Words near anticriminal in the dictionary

  1. anticreepers
  2. anticreole
  3. anticrepuscular ray
  4. anticrepuscular rays
  5. anticrime
  6. anticriminal
  7. anticrisis
  8. anticritic
  9. anticritical
  10. anticriticism
  11. anticriticisms

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