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criminalist

criminalist noun: a person who specializes in criminal law.

Noun

criminalist (plural criminalists)

  1. A person who specializes in criminal law.
  2. (US) A person who specializes in the collection and examination of forensic evidence at a crime scene.

criminalist meaning in Tamil

criminalist in Tamil

குற்றத்தொடர்பான சட்ட வல்லுநர்

Forms of criminalist

pluralcriminalists

Origin of criminalist

From criminal + -ist.

Words formed from criminalist

Questions about criminalist

What does criminalist mean?
Criminalist means a person who specializes in criminal law.
What is criminalist in Tamil?
Criminalist in Tamil is குற்றத்தொடர்பான சட்ட வல்லுநர். See Criminalist meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is criminalist?
Criminalist is a noun.
What is the plural of criminalist?
The plural of criminalist is criminalists.

Words near criminalist in the dictionary

  1. criminalised
  2. criminalises
  3. criminalish
  4. criminalising
  5. criminalism
  6. criminalist
  7. criminalistic
  8. criminalistician
  9. criminalisticians
  10. criminalistics
  11. criminalists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: criminalist (page history and authors); criminalist (Tamil 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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