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climate criminal

climate criminal noun: someone whose actions contribute significantly to climate change.

Noun

climate criminal (plural climate criminals)

  1. (derogatory, neologism) Someone whose actions contribute significantly to climate change.
    • There's no prison (yet) for climate criminals, but if there was, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro would have a spider-infested cell all to himself.2021 June 9, Jeff Goodell, “What to Do About Jair Bolsonaro, the World's Most Dangerous Climate Denier”, in Rolling Stone, New York, N.Y.: Penske Media Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

Forms of climate criminal

pluralclimate criminals

Questions about climate criminal

What does climate criminal mean?
Climate criminal means someone whose actions contribute significantly to climate change.
What part of speech is climate criminal?
Climate criminal is a noun.
What is the plural of climate criminal?
The plural of climate criminal is climate criminals.

Words near climate criminal in the dictionary

  1. climate chambers
  2. climate change
  3. climate changes
  4. climate control
  5. climate controls
  6. climate criminal
  7. climate criminals
  8. climate crises
  9. climate crisis
  10. climate denial
  11. climate denialism

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