criminality
Example Sentences
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She acknowledged that foreigners had been victims but put this down to general criminality, which the police needed to deal with, and efforts to undermine the country.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
“I want as many people as possible talking about the dangers and criminality of Scientology,” she wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
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
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
