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noncriminal

noncriminal adjective: not criminal; civil.

Adjective

noncriminal (not comparable)

  1. Not criminal; civil.
    • The police department was enjoined from conducting any surveillance of non-criminal activity of gay people, from maintaining files dealing with non-criminal activity, and from harassing the plaintiffs or other gay people in the absence of any actual criminal activity.1978 April 8, “Gay Victory in Texas”, in Gay Community News, page 3

Noun

noncriminal (plural noncriminals)

  1. One who is not a criminal.

Forms of noncriminal

Adjective
alternative formnon-criminal
Noun
pluralnoncriminals

Origin of noncriminal

From non- + criminal.

Questions about noncriminal

What does noncriminal mean?
Noncriminal means not criminal; civil.
What part of speech is noncriminal?
Noncriminal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near noncriminal in the dictionary

  1. noncrepuscular
  2. noncrescentic
  3. noncretaceous
  4. noncrime
  5. noncrimes
  6. noncriminal
  7. noncriminality
  8. noncriminals
  9. noncriminological
  10. noncrinoid
  11. noncrippled

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