criminal

noun/ˈkrɪmɪnəl/

Frequency rank: #1,342 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

A person who has committed a crime; relating to crime.

Illustration for the English word “criminal”

Example sentence

The police arrested the criminal for theft.

Synonyms & related words

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