expletive /ek-, ik-splēˈtiv or eksˈpli-tiv/

1. Filling out
2. Added merely to fill up (a line of verse)

1. A swear-word of any kind
2. A meaningless oath
3. A word or anything present merely to fill a gap
4. A word inserted to fill up a sentence or line of verse
5. A meaningless word serving a grammatical purpose only

• criminal conversation
• criminal court
• criminal courts
• criminalese
• criminaleses
• criminalisation
• criminalise
• criminalised
• criminalises
• criminalising
• criminalist
• criminalists
• criminalities
• criminality
• criminalization
• criminalize
• criminalized
• criminalizes
• criminalizing
• criminal law
• criminal lawyer
• criminal lawyers
• criminally
• criminals
• criminate