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paracriminal

paracriminal adjective: associated with or profiting from crime without actually being illegal.

Adjective

paracriminal (not comparable)

  1. Associated with or profiting from crime without actually being illegal.
    • The only exception is the paracriminal class already mentioned, the fences and other middlemen who enable thieves to be in society but not of it.1977, Valeriĭ Chalidze, Criminal Russia: Essays on Crime in the Soviet Union, page 50
    • Different types of paracriminal activities increase with reduced law enforcement.2005, Gerd Junne, Willemijn Verkoren, Postconflict Development: Meeting New Challenges, page 193

Questions about paracriminal

What does paracriminal mean?
Paracriminal means associated with or profiting from crime without actually being illegal.
What part of speech is paracriminal?
Paracriminal is an adjective.

Words near paracriminal in the dictionary

  1. paracranial
  2. paracranially
  3. paracranium
  4. paracresol
  5. paracress
  6. paracriminal
  7. paracrinal
  8. paracrinally
  9. paracrine
  10. paracrinely
  11. paracriny

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