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criminals

Syllables: crim·i·nals/ˈkɹɪmɪnəlz/

criminals is the plural of criminal.

Meaning of criminal

Noun

criminal (plural criminals)

  1. A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.
    • ‘[…] There's every Staffordshire crime-piece ever made in this cabinet, and that's unique. The Van Hoyer Museum in New York hasn't that very rare second version of Maria Marten's Red Barn over there, nor the little Frederick George Manning—he was the criminal Dickens saw hanged on the roof of the...1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    lawbreaker, offender, perpetrator, hoodlum, justice-impacted individual, crook, committer, culprit, delinquent, desperado

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Phrases with criminals

Questions about criminals

What is criminals the plural of?
Criminals is the plural of criminal.
How do you pronounce criminals?
Criminals is pronounced /ˈkɹɪmɪnəlz/.

Words near criminals in the dictionary

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

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