criminally

Variant of criminal

criminal definition

crimi·nal (krim′ə nəl)

adjective

  1. having the nature of crime; being a crime
    1. involving or relating to crime
    2. dealing with law cases involving crime
  3. guilty of crime
  4. Informal regrettable or deplorable

Etymology: ME < OFr criminel < L criminalis < crimen: see crime

noun

a person guilty of, or legally convicted of, a crime

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