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criminal code

criminal code noun: a document which compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law.

Noun

criminal code (plural criminal codes)

  1. A document which compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law.
    Synonyms:
    penal code

criminal code meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Tagalog

criminal code in Hindi

document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
दंड संहिता daṇḍ sãhitā

criminal code in Tamil

குற்றவியல் நடைமுறை தொகுப்புச் சட்டம்

criminal code in Kannada

ಕ್ರಿಮಿನಲ್ ಮೊಕದ್ದಮೆ

criminal code in Tagalog

document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
pamparusang kabatasan, kodigo-penal
More languagesFewer languages
criminal code in Arabic
قَانُون جِنَائِيّ qānūn jināʔiyy
criminal code in Malay
kanun keseksaan
criminal code in Indonesian
kitab undang-undang hukum pidana, KUHP
criminal code in Vietnamese
bộ luật hình sự

Synonyms of criminal code

Forms of criminal code

pluralcriminal codes

Questions about criminal code

What does criminal code mean?
Criminal code means a document which compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law.
What is criminal code in Hindi?
Criminal code in Hindi is दंड संहिता (daṇḍ sãhitā). See Criminal code meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is criminal code?
Criminal code is a noun.
What is the plural of criminal code?
The plural of criminal code is criminal codes.

Words near criminal code in the dictionary

  1. crimie
  2. crimies
  3. crimina
  4. criminal
  5. criminal against humanity
  6. criminal code
  7. criminal codes
  8. criminal conversation
  9. criminal law
  10. criminal laws
  11. criminal lawyer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: criminal code (page history and authors); criminal code (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); criminal code (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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