criminal
Example Sentences
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President Cyril Ramaphosa earlier this year announced the deployment of 2,200 soldiers to five of the country's nine provinces hardest hit by criminal activities.
From BBC
Levy: I have a completely unfounded fear of being trapped in an organized criminal situation.
From Los Angeles Times
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
She added that it was "in the public interest to pursue criminal proceedings".
From BBC
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 Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.