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criminalese

criminalese noun: the argot spoken by criminals.

Noun

criminalese (uncountable)

  1. The argot spoken by criminals.

Origin of criminalese

From criminal + -ese.

Questions about criminalese

What does criminalese mean?
Criminalese means the argot spoken by criminals.
What part of speech is criminalese?
Criminalese is a noun.

Words near criminalese in the dictionary

  1. criminal tools
  2. criminal tribe
  3. criminal tribes
  4. criminal-like
  5. criminaldom
  6. criminalese
  7. criminaless
  8. criminalesses
  9. criminalisation
  10. criminalisations
  11. criminalise

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