Definition for CRIM'IN-AL

CRIM'IN-AL, a.

  1. Guilty of a crime; applied to persons.
  2. Partaking of a crime; involving a crime; that violates public law, divine or human; as, theft is a criminal act.
  3. That violates moral obligation; wicked.
  4. Relating to crimes; opposed to civil; as, a criminal code; criminal law. Crim. con. Criminal conversation; unlawful intercourse with a married woman.

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