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criminality

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










NOUN
misdemeanor
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The salient point is that this project fell victim to as much incompetence as you’d expect, and no criminality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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

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

Elizabeth’s heart-rending eloquence failed to move the judges from their settled conviction in the criminality of the saintly sufferer.

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

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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