criminal
/ˈkɹɪm.ɪ.nəl/ adjective B2- Against the law; forbidden by law.
- Guilty of breaking the law.
- Of or relating to crime or penal law. · His long criminal record suggests that he is a dangerous man.
- Abhorrent or very undesirable. · Printing such asinine opinions is criminal!
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“The famous scientific criminal, as famous among crooks as—”
But in calling Moriarty a criminal you are uttering libel in the eyes of the law—and there lie the glory and the wonder of it!
He was a master criminal, and he lived last century—1750 or thereabouts.”
Now we might suppose that this murdered man—this Douglas whose approaching fate was known by one of the arch-criminal’s subordinates—had in some way betrayed the chief.
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