(a.) Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness.
(a.) Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal code.
(n.) One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon.
Example Sentences:
(1) "The proposed 'reform' is designed to legitimise this blatantly unfair, police state practice, while leaving the rest of the criminal procedure law as misleading decoration," said Professor Jerome Cohen, an expert on China at New York University's School of Law.
(2) Women seldom occupy higher positions in a [criminal] organisation, and are rather used for menial, but often dangerous tasks ,” it notes.
(3) Other recommendations for immediate action included a review of the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the General Medical Council for doctors, with possible changes to their structures; the possible transfer of powers to launch criminal prosecutions for care scandals from the Health and Safety Executive to the Care Quality Council; and a new inspection regime, which would focus more closely on how clean, safe and caring hospitals were.
(4) The evidence – which was obtained through an ongoing criminal investigation – was then put to McRoberts by the NT government “and his reaction was to resign”.
(5) At the trial Arena admitted involvement in criminal activity, but insisted he was innocent of the murders.
(6) Existing mental health and criminal justice systems provide social control for some of these dangerous individuals, but may be inadequate to deal with those mentally disordered offenders who were not found not guilty by reason of insanity (NGI).
(7) "At the moment there are about 1,600 criminal justice firms, and they all have a contract with the lord chancellor.
(8) Responding to a “We the People” petition, launched after Snowden’s initial leaks were published in the Guardian two years ago, the Obama administration on Tuesday reiterated its belief that he should face criminal charges for his actions.
(9) We need to be confident that the criminal justice system takes child abuse seriously.
(10) And they face the criminal penalty and administratively their visa is cancelled.
(11) This raises questions about police integrity and News International's power to distort procedure in a serious criminal matter.
(12) • Criminal sanctions should be introduced for anyone who attempts to manipulate Libor by amending the Financial Services and Market Act to allow the FSA to prosecute manipulation of the rate • The new body that oversees the administration of Libor, replacing the BBA, should introduce a "code of conduct" that requires submissions to be corroborated by trade data • Libor is set by a panel of banks asked the price at which they expect to borrow over 15 periods, from overnight to 12 months, in 10 currencies.
(13) Two officers who witnessed the shooting of unarmed 43-year-old Samuel DuBose in Cincinnati will not face criminal charges, despite seemingly corroborating a false claim that DuBose’s vehicle dragged officer Ray Tensing before he was fatally shot.
(14) Criminal court charges leave me no choice but to resign as a magistrate Read more “This is a terrible piece of legislation introduced through the back door,” he wrote.
(15) Burham's claim to be the continuity candidate, coupled with his past reputation as a Blairite, suggests a centrist leadership that would stay on course in terms of private sector involvement in public services, a crackdown on benefit claimants and a tougher stance on criminals.
(16) Last week, the Daily Mail reported that judges at the human rights court had handed 202 criminals "taxpayer-funded payouts of £4.4m – an average of £22,000 a head".
(17) He added: "Those responsible for the murders of Fiona, Nicola, Mark and David Short are established criminals who are a scourge on our society.
(18) "We are aware of potential infiltration by criminal groups in government sectors.
(19) Navalny, represented by two defence lawyers, will argue that he did not lead a criminal group to embezzle 16m roubles (£333,000) from Kirovles, a state-run timber firm, while advising the region's liberal governor, Nikita Belykh.
(20) The FBI’s decision to reopen their criminal investigation into Hillary Clinton’s secret email server just 11 days before the election shows how serious this discovery must be,” the RNC chairman, Reince Priebus, said in a statement.
Ringleader
Definition:
(n.) The leader of a circle of dancers; hence, the leader of a number of persons acting together; the leader of a herd of animals.
(n.) Opprobriously, a leader of a body of men engaged in the violation of law or in an illegal enterprise, as rioters, mutineers, or the like.
Example Sentences:
(1) The government blamed the opposition, jailing alleged ringleader Vladimir Kozlov amid an international outcry, closing down his party and shutting dozens of independent media outlets.
(2) Albums include Viva Hate, Vauxhall And I, and Ringleader Of The Tormentors.
(3) French, who has joined the nightly marches, said police appeared to have caught agitator ringleaders the previous 24 hours.
(4) Prison staff are working with Nottinghamshire Police to identify the ringleaders.
(5) Muktar Said-Ibrahim, the suspected ringleader, was seen in Rome several weeks before the failed attack, two witnesses told the Guardian yesterday.
(6) A former journalist, Vladimir Anikeev, believed to be the ringleader of the group, is also among those arrested, according to reports.
(7) And the BBC reports that Spanish police targeted "ringleaders" behind the "Occupy Congress" movement.
(8) When soldiers eventually broke their siege and killed the ringleaders, Bin Laden was seething.
(9) They were arrested reportedly because they were believed to have been ringleaders in earlier protests over the weekend.
(10) French media stressed that it was a public tip-off that ultimately helped police locate Abdeslam, just as it had been for the ringleader, Abaaoud.
(11) Abdeslam hunt map Belgian investigators have placed Abdeslam – a childhood friend of the terror cell’s ringleader, Abdelhamid Abaaoud – in Budapest in early September, and later on the Austrian border, allegedly picking up two of the attackers who had joined the flow of refugees and migrants heading up through the Balkans.
(12) The court, however, accepted a petition from lawyers for the accused ringleader – Yosef Haim Ben David, 31 – to reconsider a claim of insanity.
(13) Along with Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the ringleader of the 13 November attacks in Paris, Kriket was convicted in absentia last July of recruiting Islamist fighters for Syria in Belgium .
(14) Reader’s fellow ringleaders, John “Kenny” Collins, 75, Daniel Jones, 61, and Terry Perkins, 67, were each jailed for seven years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary last September.
(15) Australia’s immigration minister, Peter Dutton , has praised Papua New Guinean authorities for “professionally” moving to end the standoff at the Manus Island detention centre by taking away alleged ringleaders.
(16) The support networks are so deeply implanted into Serbia's most powerful institutions that some question whether Vukcevic will go after their ringleaders.
(17) One of the Hatton Garden heist ringleaders has had a stroke, is being tested for suspected cancer and may not have long to live, a court has heard.
(18) We also need to consider if Singh's death, as the alleged ringleader of the conspiracy, will hurt the chances of bringing the other five suspects to justice.
(19) The files, which contained information dating back to the 1980s, contained descriptions such as "militant ringleader", "agitator", "is a good worker but has proved to be very militant", "do not touch", and "that subject is a very bad troublemaker and would not be re-employed".
(20) The Revolutionary Guards have accused Zaghari-Ratcliffe of fomenting a “soft overthrow” of the Islamic Republic and being the ringleader of a network of “hostile institutions” associated with foreign intelligence agencies, allegations that her husband has said are untrue.