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criminality

[krim-uh-nal-i-tee] / ˌkrɪm əˈnæl ɪ ti /










NOUN
misdemeanor
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The veteran character actor plays a man whose pilfering of a wallet ensnares him in more high-stakes criminality in this elegant autumnal caper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Det Supt Ryan Chambers said the unit specialised in the most serious elements of criminality, targeting offenders and those in possession of firearms.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

The goal of these tactics is not to exonerate the person using them from allegations of criminality, corruption or incompetence.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

He complained that the migration debate was too focused on criminality and not what "immigrants had contributed to society".

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

David Braman’s ethnographic research shows that mass incarceration, far from reducing the stigma associated with criminality, actually creates a deep silence in communities of color, one rooted in shame.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

The government and the military are stepping up actions “to minimize the criminalities along the oil production lines,” said Horatius Egua, a senior official at the petroleum ministry.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2022

But besides this scale for classification, the military law, to which cadets, as part of the army, are amenable, refers all immoralities and criminalities to a military tribunal.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 by Various

And his knowledge, especially of criminalities and the workings of crooked minds, seemed very marvellous to those who sought him out.

From The Penalty by Howard Chandler Christy


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