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criminal
criminal (a person who has committed a crime) /kri.miˈnal/
noun#637 most common
Also: criminal (adjective: relating to crime), felon, offender
Example sentences
El este un criminal.
He is a criminal.
Poliția a prins criminalul.
The police caught the criminal.
Criminalul a fost condamnat la închisoare pe viață.
The criminal was sentenced to life in prison.
Fapta lui a fost considerată criminală de către instanță.
His act was deemed criminal by the court.
Investigatorii au reconstituit profilul psihologic al criminalului în serie.
The investigators reconstructed the psychological profile of the serial killer.
Neglijența criminală a autorităților a dus la moartea a zeci de oameni.
The criminal negligence of the authorities led to the death of dozens of people.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | criminal | criminali |
| Genitive | criminalului | criminalilor |
| Accusative | criminal | criminali |
| Vocative | criminalule | criminalilor |
Word family
crimăcrime, murder
criminalitatecriminality, crime rate
criminalizato criminalize
criminalistforensic scientist, criminologist
criminologiecriminology
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "criminal" from French "criminel", itself from Latin "criminalis", an adjective built on "crimen" (accusation, charge, crime). The word entered Romanian in the nineteenth century as part of a wave of French and Latin borrowings that modernized the language's legal and administrative vocabulary. It kept both its noun sense (a person guilty of a crime) and its adjective sense (relating to crime).
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