English-Spanish translations for criminal

• criminal
  Eso no te convierte en un criminal o en un traidor. That does not make you a criminal or a traitor.
  La fase siguiente es la realización de acciones criminales. The next stage is the criminal one.
  Esta resolución no sólo es criminal, sino que es repugnante. This resolution is not just criminal, it is disgusting!
• delincuente
  El delincuente tiene siempre que seguir siendo un delincuente y la víctima una víctima. The criminal should always remain a criminal and the victim a victim.
  Chee Soon Juan no es un delincuente. Chee Soon Juan is not a criminal.
  ¿Se sentó al lado de un conocido delincuente? Did you sit beside a known criminal?

Definition of criminal

• Against the law; forbidden by law
• Guilty of breaking the law
• Of or relating to crime or penal law
• Abhorrent or very undesirable
• A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law

Examples

• His long criminal record suggests that he is a dangerous man
• Printing such asinine opinions is criminal!

Related words

• criminality
• criminalize
• criminalization
• decriminalization
• decriminalisation
• criminalise
• decriminalize
• criminalisation
• criminally