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criminality

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










NOUN
misdemeanor
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The city’s medical examiner later attributed both deaths to drownings, and the police found no evidence of criminality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

“You have an adequate understanding of the connection between the past defects and choices that you made that led to criminality and ultimately to the commitment offense,” a commissioner said to Funston.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

Officials say that most cases involved ordinary criminality - land disputes, theft, extortion, or personal feuds - that were later framed as religious violence.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

Scotland's top law officer the Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain announced two years ago she wanted an independent inquiry into potential criminality by officers involved in the case.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

Even when released from the system’s formal control, the stigma of criminality lingers.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander