criminality en · NOUN
Etymology
From French criminalité, from Latin criminalitas, from Latin criminalis. By surface analysis, criminal + -ity.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state of being criminal.
A more limited universe of studies specifically examine criminality among immigrants in the U.S. illegally but also find that they do not commit crimes at a higher rate.
2024 April 11, Ted Hesson, Mica Rosenberg, “Explainer: Trump says migrants are fueling violent crime. Here is what the research shows”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2024:
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(uncountable) Criminal activity.
The memorandum of understanding between the Rail Accident Investigation Branch, the Office of Rail and Road and the police states: "In the absence of a clear indication that serious criminality has caused the accident, RAIB will normally have precedence in respect of the investigation and will assume lead responsibility for the investigation."
2020 December 2, Philip Haigh, “A winter of discontent caused by threat of union action”, in Rail, page 63:rampant criminality
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(countable) A criminal act.
The storm-centre of a combined newspaper attack lasting for months, Daylight's character had been torn to shreds. There was no fact in his history that had not been distorted into a criminality or a vice. This public making of him over into an iniquitous monster had pretty well crushed any lingering hope he had of getting acquainted with Dede Mason.
1910 October, Jack London, chapter VIII, in Burning Daylight, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, part II, pages 181–182:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| criminalities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
double criminality · cybercriminality
Synonyms
enormity · atrociousness · wickedness · scoundrelry · crime · rascality · delinquency · knavery · immorality · badness · criminality · crime · criminal offence · dacoity · villainry · awfulness · perpetration · savagery · criminalness · villainhood · villainousness · depravity · criminality · delinquency · evil · vileness · corruptness · unlawfulness · corruption · turpitude · criminal offence · nefariousness · villainy · evilness · crime · unlaw · malefaction · scumminess
Translations (25)
fi rikos (criminal act) · gd eucoireachd (state of being criminal) · sv brottslighet (state of being criminal) · ru преступле́ние (criminal act) · hu bűnösség (state of being criminal) · fi rikollinen teko (criminal act) · ca criminalitat (state of being criminal) · hy հանցավորություն (state of being criminal) · pt criminalidade (state of being criminal) · da kriminalitet (state of being criminal) · ru престу́пность (state of being criminal) · fi rikollisuus (state of being criminal) · hu bűnözés (criminal act) · kk қылмыстылық (state of being criminal) · de Kriminalität (state of being criminal) · be злачы́ннасць (state of being criminal) · pl przestępczość (state of being criminal) · sv kriminalitet (state of being criminal) · gl criminalidade (state of being criminal) · fr criminalité (state of being criminal) · eo krimeco (state of being criminal) · ky кылмыштуулук (state of being criminal) · uk злочи́нність (state of being criminal) · es criminalidad (state of being criminal) · it criminalità (state of being criminal)