criminality

Etymology

From French criminalité, from Latin criminalitas, from Latin criminalis. See criminal.

noun

  1. (uncountable) The state of being criminal.
  2. (uncountable) Criminal activity.
    rampant criminality
    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." December 2 2020, Philip Haigh, “A winter of discontent caused by threat of union action”, in Rail, page 63
  3. (countable) A criminal act.

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