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Definition of Criminals

1. criminal [n] - See also: criminal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Criminals

Literary usage of Criminals

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Criminality and Economic Conditions by Willem Adriaan Bonger (1916)
"C. CRIMES COMMITTED BY PROFESSIONAL Criminals. In considering all the kinds of theft and analogous crimes, we note that the thefts committed by professional ..."

2. The Twentieth Century by Caroline Farrar Ware (1908)
"Criminals AND CRIME A REJOINDER MR HJB MONTGOMERY'S ' Criminals and Crime' article in these pages last month may be regarded either as a protest from the ..."

3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1890)
"He presents the views of the Italian school regarding the mental and physical abnormalities found in habitual criminals. Among the primary stigmata ..."

4. Annual Report by Correctional Association of New York (1871)
"But it is not the purpose of this paper to show how criminals are made; ... It is, whether adult criminals are susceptible to reformatory influences. ..."

5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1882)
"First, criminals by fault of heredity. Second, criminals in consequence of certain acquired habits. This division is not as scientific as that of Lacassagne ..."

6. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Crime and criminals—Continued Medical examination Study of the physical condition of one thousand delinquents seen in court. VV Anderson and C. 11. Leonard. ..."

7. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1920)
"The same year, however, is epoch-making in favour of the principle of non-extradition of political criminals, for in 1833 Belgium enacted her celebrated ..."

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