criminal

Example Sentences

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The BBC's US partner CBS News reports that Uganda agreed to accept deported migrants as long as they did not have criminal histories.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Police did not disclosed whether Gibson had a criminal record.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

In the first days after Pam Bondi was appointed attorney general last year, the Department of Justice began shutting down pending criminal cases at a record pace.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

Justice Horace Gray didn’t say that “jurisdiction” means being subject to ordinary criminal or civil law, as opponents of the president’s order maintain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

That is the made-for-TV version of the criminal justice system.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander