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criminaloid

criminaloid noun: a person who carries out business in an immoral or exploitative way, but does not necessarily break the law, and is protected from consequences by a veneer of social respectability.

Noun

criminaloid (plural criminaloids)

  1. A person who carries out business in an immoral or exploitative way, but does not necessarily break the law, and is protected from consequences by a veneer of social respectability.

Forms of criminaloid

pluralcriminaloids

Origin of criminaloid

From criminal + -oid, coined by E. A. Ross in Sin and Society (1907).

Questions about criminaloid

What does criminaloid mean?
Criminaloid means a person who carries out business in an immoral or exploitative way, but does not necessarily break the law, and is protected from consequences by a veneer of social respectability.
What part of speech is criminaloid?
Criminaloid is a noun.
What is the plural of criminaloid?
The plural of criminaloid is criminaloids.

Words near criminaloid in the dictionary

  1. criminalizes
  2. criminalizing
  3. criminall
  4. criminally
  5. criminalness
  6. criminaloid
  7. criminaloids
  8. criminals
  9. criminate
  10. criminated
  11. criminates

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