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criminality

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










NOUN
misdemeanor
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The Home Office said: "All asylum claimants are subject to mandatory security checks to confirm their identity for the purpose of immigration, security and criminality checks."

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2026

Melt all of that together and you get a veritable News of the Weird headline factory of criminality and oddity that makes the place so very . . . content rich.

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2026

“An officer could simply invent an accusation of criminality, leaving the green-card holder trapped in a bureaucratic twilight zone for years before they have a chance to rebut the accusation at a hearing,” Mark writes.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026

Bris urged the government to instead continue its reforms of SiS homes, and to strengthen networks around children in institutional care to ensure they do not fall back into criminality on their release.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Others claim that a loved one’s criminality is a private, family matter: “Somebody’s business is nobody’s business.”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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