criminal in English: A person who breaks the law. (noun)

Translation

A person who breaks the law.

Word origin

From Latin crimen, meaning a charge or an offence.

Gender

Pluralcriminals

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"Criminal" is a person who breaks the law.

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"Criminals" is the plural of "criminal".

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"Criminal" is also an adjective, meaning against the law.

crime

Something a person does that is against the law.

police

The official group of people whose job is to stop crime and keep people safe.

prison

A building where people are locked up after a court says they broke the law.

steal

To take something that belongs to another person, without asking and without paying.

law

A rule made by a country that everyone must follow.

bandit

A robber, often armed and in a gang, who attacks people while they travel.

dealer

A person who buys and sells things; often someone who sells illegal drugs, or the person who gives out cards in a game.

hostage

A person who is kept as a prisoner until other people do what the captors ask.

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