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criminal codes

criminal codes is the plural of criminal code.

Meaning of criminal code

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

Questions about criminal codes

What is criminal codes the plural of?
Criminal codes is the plural of criminal code.

Words near criminal codes in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: criminal codes (page history and authors); criminal code (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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