What part of speech is criminal?

Criminal can be categorized as a noun and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. criminal is a noun, singular of criminals.
  • 2. criminal is an adjective.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more criminal
    most criminal
  • Positive: criminal 
  • Comparative: more criminal
  • Superlative: most criminal

Adjective to adverb

What does criminal mean?

Definitions

Adjective

criminal - involving or being or having the nature of a crime; "a criminal offense"; "criminal abuse"; "felonious intent"
criminal - guilty of crime or serious offense; "criminal in the sight of God and man"
criminal - bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"

Noun

criminal - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

Examples of criminal

#   Sentence  
1. adj. A criminal offense.
2. adj. Criminal abuse.
3. adj. Criminal in the sight of God and man.
4. adj. A criminal waste of talent.
5. adj. Azzaman newspaper mentioned an announcement signed by Abdul Aziz bin Muqrin, an Al-Qaeda operative in Saudi Arabia on an Islamic website 'the voice of Jihad', in which he stated that "although mutilating dead bodies is not originally permitted in Islam, but in this case it is allowed if Muslims use it against infidels to deter them from committing criminal actions".
6. adj. ISO spokesman Gregg Fishman said Dunn's committee will find no criminal conduct.
7. adj. Percentage decline in criminal penalties for environmental crimes since Bush took office.
8. adj. Criminal Attorney Dallas.
9. adj. Dallas Criminal Attorney Peter Barrett is absolutely committed to vigorously supporting your rights and achieving a successful outcome.
10. adj. As a qualified criminal defense attorney, he will work every possible legal "angle" (leaving no stone unturned) of your case to achieve the most favorable result possible.
11. adj. That is a criminal offense, and you will surely be punished!
12. adj. It is criminal to pay so much money for such trifles.
13. adj. The police followed a red herring while they let the true criminal escape.
14. adj. The police demanded that the criminal hand over the gun to them.
15. adj. According to today's morning paper, the condemned criminal committed suicide.
16. noun Like the tens of billions of dollars that have been "lost" in Iraq, planeloads of arms don't just "vanish"; not when the Pentagon contracts the work to an international criminal of Bout's untouchable stature.
17. noun Just pray that you have not ever given this criminal enough information for your identity to be stolen - your full name, birthdate, home address, etc or that you were not conned into sending money.
18. noun Ben was believed to be a criminal.
19. noun The criminal gave himself up to the police.
20. noun The criminal is sure to do time for robbing the store.
21. noun The criminal had to conceal his identity.
22. noun The criminal is still at large.
23. noun The criminal became a Christian and turned over a new leaf.
24. noun The police caught sight of the criminal running away.
25. noun The notorious criminal was caught yesterday.
26. noun Taking everything into consideration, he can't be the criminal.
27. noun In Singapore, one way to punish a criminal is to whip him or her.
28. noun This criminal is a victim of his heredity.
29. noun From this evidence, it follows that he is not the criminal.
30. noun The police officer pointed his pistol at the criminal, who, in turn, held his pistol directly pointed at the officer. Neither had the advantage, the position was a stalemate.
Sentence  
adj.
A criminal offense.
Criminal abuse.
Criminal in the sight of God and man.
A criminal waste of talent.
Azzaman newspaper mentioned an announcement signed by Abdul Aziz bin Muqrin, an Al-Qaeda operative in Saudi Arabia on an Islamic website 'the voice of Jihad', in which he stated that "although mutilating dead bodies is not originally permitted in Islam, but in this case it is allowed if Muslims use it against infidels to deter them from committing criminal actions".
ISO spokesman Gregg Fishman said Dunn's committee will find no criminal conduct.
Percentage decline in criminal penalties for environmental crimes since Bush took office.
Criminal Attorney Dallas.
Dallas Criminal Attorney Peter Barrett is absolutely committed to vigorously supporting your rights and achieving a successful outcome.
As a qualified criminal defense attorney, he will work every possible legal "angle" (leaving no stone unturned) of your case to achieve the most favorable result possible.
That is a criminal offense, and you will surely be punished!
It is criminal to pay so much money for such trifles.
The police followed a red herring while they let the true criminal escape.
The police demanded that the criminal hand over the gun to them.
According to today's morning paper, the condemned criminal committed suicide.
noun
Like the tens of billions of dollars that have been "lost" in Iraq, planeloads of arms don't just "vanish"; not when the Pentagon contracts the work to an international criminal of Bout's untouchable stature.
Just pray that you have not ever given this criminal enough information for your identity to be stolen - your full name, birthdate, home address, etc or that you were not conned into sending money.
Ben was believed to be a criminal.
The criminal gave himself up to the police.
The criminal is sure to do time for robbing the store.
The criminal had to conceal his identity.
The criminal is still at large.
The criminal became a Christian and turned over a new leaf.
The police caught sight of the criminal running away.
The notorious criminal was caught yesterday.
Taking everything into consideration, he can't be the criminal.
In Singapore, one way to punish a criminal is to whip him or her.
This criminal is a victim of his heredity.
From this evidence, it follows that he is not the criminal.
The police officer pointed his pistol at the criminal, who, in turn, held his pistol directly pointed at the officer. Neither had the advantage, the position was a stalemate.

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