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criminality

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










NOUN
misdemeanor
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The police spokesman added: "The Police Service of Northern Ireland will ensure that anyone who chooses to take part in this type of criminality is brought to justice, just as Dunnett has been."

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

Ramírez’s personal politics would be supplanted by crude criminality; beginning as a revolutionary, he ended up as a money-grubbing freelance mercenary.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

Constitution, and subsequent American practice that it reaches corruption in office for the personal gain of oneself or one’s family, serious criminality, and direct violations of significant provisions of the Constitution.

From Slate Aug. 17, 2026

We will continue to work with our partners to safeguard vulnerable individuals and take positive action against those involved in this type of reported criminality.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Others claim that a loved one’s criminality is a private, family matter: “Somebody’s business is nobody’s business.”

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

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

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




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