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criminal negligence

criminal negligence noun: failure to use reasonable care, and thus put someone at risk of injury or death.

Noun

criminal negligence (usually uncountable, plural criminal negligences)

  1. (usually) Failure to use reasonable care, and thus put someone at risk of injury or death.

Forms of criminal negligence

pluralcriminal negligences

Questions about criminal negligence

What does criminal negligence mean?
Criminal negligence means failure to use reasonable care, and thus put someone at risk of injury or death.
What part of speech is criminal negligence?
Criminal negligence is a noun.
What is the plural of criminal negligence?
The plural of criminal negligence is criminal negligences.

Words near criminal negligence in the dictionary

  1. criminal conversation
  2. criminal law
  3. criminal laws
  4. criminal lawyer
  5. criminal lawyers
  6. criminal negligence
  7. criminal negligences
  8. Criminal News Network
  9. criminal offence
  10. criminal offences
  11. criminal offense

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