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'criminal' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'criminal' with 20 example sentences.


criminal adjective

: bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

: guilty of crime or serious offense

: involving or being or having the nature of a crime

criminal noun

: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime


  • The criminal committed a horrible crime.
  • A dangerous criminal has escaped from the insane asylum.
  • Many criminals in America are addicted to drugs.
  • The police persuaded the criminal to surrender his weapon.
  • He's no criminal mastermind. He's just a common thug.
  • You all know I'm not a criminal.
  • The criminal is armed and highly dangerous.
  • The police arrested members from two criminal gangs.
  • You need to hire an criminal defense lawyer.
  • I don't have a criminal record.
  • The criminal is not Bob, but his twin brother.
  • Not all criminals should go to jail.
  • Arson is a criminal act.
  • Violent criminals were often bullies in childhood.
  • Mostly criminals are as naive as children.
  • His son's criminal activities caused him great pain.
  • I can't believe you associate with criminals like them.
  • The police have started a nationwide hunt for the criminal.
  • The criminal begged the judge for mercy.
  • In Singapore, one way to punish criminals is to whip them.
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