criminal

noun

/ˈkrɪmɪnl/

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a person who commits a crime
- a convicted criminal
- Police sometimes put themselves in danger when arresting violent criminals.
- Society does not know how to deal with hardened criminals (= people who regularly commit crimes and are not sorry for what they do).
- (especially North American English) a career criminal (= who earns their income through criminal activities)
- He admits to being a petty criminal (= who commits crimes that are not very serious).
- white-collar criminals
- a gang of criminals
see also war criminal
Collocations Crime
CrimeCommitting a crime
- commit a crime/a murder/a violent assault/a brutal killing/an armed robbery/fraud
- be involved in terrorism/a suspected arson attack/people smuggling/human trafficking
- engage/participate in criminal activity/illegal practices/acts of mindless vandalism
- steal somebody’s wallet/purse/(British English) mobile phone/(North American English) cell phone
- rob a bank/a person/a tourist
- break into/ (British English) burgle/ (North American English) burglarize a house/a home/an apartment
- hijack a plane/ship/bus
- smuggle drugs/weapons/arms/immigrants
- launder drug money (through something)
- forge documents/certificates/passports
- take/accept/pay somebody/offer (somebody) a bribe
- run a phishing/an email/an internet scam
Fighting crime
- combat/fight crime/terrorism/corruption/drug trafficking
- prevent/stop credit-card fraud/child abuse/software piracy
- deter/stop criminals/burglars/thieves/shoplifters/vandals
- reduce/tackle/crack down on knife/gun/violent/street crime; (especially British English) antisocial behaviour
- foil a bank raid/a terrorist plot
- help/support/protect the victims of crime
Investigating crime
- report a crime/a theft/a rape/an attack/(especially British English) an incident to the police
- witness the crime/attack/murder/incident
- investigate a murder/(especially North American English) a homicide/a burglary/a robbery/the alleged incident
- conduct/launch/pursue an investigation (into…); (especially British English) a police/murder inquiry
- investigate/reopen a criminal/murder case
- examine/investigate/find fingerprints at the crime scene/the scene of crime
- collect/gather forensic evidence
- uncover new evidence/a fraud/a scam/a plot/a conspiracy/political corruption/a cache of weapons
- describe/identify a suspect/the culprit/the perpetrator/the assailant/the attacker
- question/interrogate a suspect/witness
- solve/crack the case
Extra Examples
- He has been associating with known criminals.
- I told him to pass the information to the police so they could catch the criminals.
- She was treated like a common criminal.
- Sending these youngsters to prison simply trains them to become professional criminals.
- serial killers and other kinds of violent criminals
Topics Crime and punishmenta2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- dangerous
- violent
- real
- …
verb + criminal
- catch
- convict
- prosecute
- …
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criminal

adjective

/ˈkrɪmɪnl/

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[usually before noun] (rather formal or law) connected with or involving crime
- criminal offences/activities
- a criminal act punishable by up to five years in jail
- They were charged with criminal damage (= the crime of damaging somebody's property deliberately).
- She has been cleared of criminal negligence (= the illegal act of somebody failing to do something that they should do, with the result that somebody else is harmed).
Extra Examples
- It should be a criminal offence to inflict cruelty on any wild animal.
Topics Crime and punishmentb1
[only before noun] connected to the laws that deal with crime
- the criminal justice system
- to bring criminal charges against somebody
- a criminal lawyer/court/trial
- a criminal investigation
- a criminal prosecution/conviction
- a criminal case
- The former minister could face criminal proceedings over his involvement in the deal.
compare civilTopics Law and justiceb1
morally wrong
- This is a criminal waste of resources.
Topics Personal qualitiesb1

Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective): from late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen ‘judgement, offence’, crimin-, based on cernere ‘to judge’.

单词	criminal
释义	criminal noun /ˈkrɪmɪnl/ /ˈkrɪmɪnl/ jump to other results a person who commits a crime a convicted criminal Police sometimes put themselves in danger when arresting violent criminals. Society does not know how to deal with hardened criminals (= people who regularly commit crimes and are not sorry for what they do). (especially North American English) a career criminal (= who earns their income through criminal activities) He admits to being a petty criminal (= who commits crimes that are not very serious). white-collar criminals a gang of criminals see also war criminal Collocations CrimeCrimeCommitting a crime commit a crime/a murder/a violent assault/a brutal killing/an armed robbery/fraud be involved in terrorism/a suspected arson attack/people smuggling/human trafficking engage/participate in criminal activity/illegal practices/acts of mindless vandalism steal somebody’s wallet/purse/(British English) mobile phone/(North American English) cell phone rob a bank/a person/a tourist break into/ (British English) burgle/ (North American English) burglarize a house/a home/an apartment hijack a plane/ship/bus smuggle drugs/weapons/arms/immigrants launder drug money (through something) forge documents/certificates/passports take/accept/pay somebody/offer (somebody) a bribe run a phishing/an email/an internet scam Fighting crime combat/fight crime/terrorism/corruption/drug trafficking prevent/stop credit-card fraud/child abuse/software piracy deter/stop criminals/burglars/thieves/shoplifters/vandals reduce/tackle/crack down on knife/gun/violent/street crime; (especially British English) antisocial behaviour foil a bank raid/a terrorist plot help/support/protect the victims of crime Investigating crime report a crime/a theft/a rape/an attack/(especially British English) an incident to the police witness the crime/attack/murder/incident investigate a murder/(especially North American English) a homicide/a burglary/a robbery/the alleged incident conduct/launch/pursue an investigation (into…); (especially British English) a police/murder inquiry investigate/reopen a criminal/murder case examine/investigate/find fingerprints at the crime scene/the scene of crime collect/gather forensic evidence uncover new evidence/a fraud/a scam/a plot/a conspiracy/political corruption/a cache of weapons describe/identify a suspect/the culprit/the perpetrator/the assailant/the attacker question/interrogate a suspect/witness solve/crack the case Extra Examples He has been associating with known criminals. I told him to pass the information to the police so they could catch the criminals. She was treated like a common criminal. Sending these youngsters to prison simply trains them to become professional criminals. serial killers and other kinds of violent criminals Topics Crime and punishmenta2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective dangerous violent real … verb + criminal catch convict prosecute … See full entry criminal adjective /ˈkrɪmɪnl/ /ˈkrɪmɪnl/ jump to other results [usually before noun] (rather formal or law) connected with or involving crime criminal offences/activities a criminal act punishable by up to five years in jail They were charged with criminal damage (= the crime of damaging somebody's property deliberately). She has been cleared of criminal negligence (= the illegal act of somebody failing to do something that they should do, with the result that somebody else is harmed). Extra Examples It should be a criminal offence to inflict cruelty on any wild animal. Topics Crime and punishmentb1 [only before noun] connected to the laws that deal with crime the criminal justice system to bring criminal charges against somebody a criminal lawyer/court/trial a criminal investigation a criminal prosecution/conviction a criminal case The former minister could face criminal proceedings over his involvement in the deal. compare civilTopics Law and justiceb1 morally wrong This is a criminal waste of resources. Topics Personal qualitiesb1 Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective): from late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen ‘judgement, offence’, crimin-, based on cernere ‘to judge’.
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