How to Use criminal in a Sentence

criminal

1 of 2 adjective

• The captain of the wrecked boat was accused of criminal negligence.
• It's criminal that the government is doing nothing to stop the problem.
• The company brought criminal charges against her.
• Take a look at some of the key events leading to the 37 criminal charges against Trump.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2023
• The latter ruled that Pitt did not abuse the children, and the FBI declined to bring any criminal charges against the actor.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2024
• The first of his four criminal trials is scheduled for March.
  — Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2023
• Worrell said the 28-year-old with a lengthy criminal history was out on bond at the discretion of the judge over the case.
  — Christopher Cann and Jeff Weiner, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2023
• Here’s a look at the high-profile criminal cases the Union-Tribune will be watching in 2024.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2024
• The man faces federal criminal charges for the incident and has pleaded not guilty.
  — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
• During that hearing, Gaffey denied a request for the dismissal of the DA's criminal case against Majors.
  — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
• The criminal complaint liberally quotes a transcript of Sheindlin's TV show that aired last year.
  — Cary Spivak, Journal Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2023
• Policing and criminal justice are two of the issues on the campaign trail ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
  — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023
• Trump is facing a total of 91 felony counts across four criminal cases, two at the federal level and two at the state level.
  — Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2023
• But Donald Trump was undeterred by that and seemingly by the growing list of criminal charges against him.
  — CBS News, 30 July 2023
• The judges ordered the defendants to not discuss the facts of the criminal case with each other or any witnesses ahead of a high-stakes public trial with a date yet to be set.
  — Time, 13 June 2023
• His drug habit started young; so did his criminal rap sheet, with stints in juvenile hall for grand theft auto and burglary.
  — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
• Simmons is also charged with making criminal threats against Brandon Gray on the same day he is accused of killing Murphy.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
• The use of rap lyrics in criminal prosecutions is a topic of ongoing debate around the country.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2023
• The journey is risky and migrants must face the wilderness, dangerous animals and criminal gangs that smuggle drugs and people in the stretch of jungle.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2023
• His lawyer said Michael Monaco was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the crash and is not the subject of a criminal investigation.
  — Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2024
• The original story idea was pretty simple: the good guy exchanges faces with the bad guy to break up his criminal organization and save the world.
  — Simon Abrams, The New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2023
• Smith Diaz runs a criminal defense law firm in downtown Chula Vista.
  — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023
• Trump is the first presidential candidate to run while facing criminal charges, a fact which has led to upticks in fundraising and hasn’t interrupted his rise in the polls.
  — Wsj Staff, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2024
• Now, criminal charges against Donald Trump have again put the nation on a collision course between partisan politics and the rule of law.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 30 July 2023
• Todd Blanche, a white-collar criminal defense lawyer who joined Trump’s legal team late last week, is expected to represent him in court.
  — Shayna Jacobs, David Nakamura, Hannah Allam, Isaac Arnsdorf, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2023
• The decision comes a day after a new date was set to begin the criminal trial, which is now expected to kick off with jury selection on April 15.
  — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 26 Mar. 2024
• He was relieved of duty from the Orange County Sheriff’s office without pay as the criminal case proceeds.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024
• However, Trump — who has been charged with 91 felony counts in four criminal cases — has moved to delay his trials until after the election.
  — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2024
• While White Collar wrapped in 2014, Bomer said fans still identify him as criminal consultant Neal.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2024
• Military lawyers will later determine if any of the officers should face criminal charges and whether the two senior officers, a major and a reserve colonel, would be cashiered from the army.
  — Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024

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criminal

2 of 2 noun

• The criminals will ride the trains out of the city and rob our houses.
  — Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2024
• Then, there’s the matter of the criminals that the U.S. plans to release to Iran.
  — The Editors, National Review, 14 Sep. 2023
• What is the gun of choice for criminals in the Cleveland area?
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 17 July 2023
• And for an event that the would-be criminals are taking great pains to attend.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
• But the truth is, criminals are getting savvier — and even the smartest among us could fall for their tricks.
  — Nerdwallet, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
• The man could be legitimate, a thief, or a criminal on the run.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2023
• Most Americans know that the savage Hamas war criminals deserve to be wiped from the face of the earth.
  — WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023
• But the chances of police catching the criminal who stole the Infiniti are slim.
  — Ash-Har Quraishi, Amy Corral, Chris Hacker, CBS News, 17 Oct. 2023
• The type of men who are often reduced to criminals in the mainstream media.
  — Jean Guerrero, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
• And that's criminals using A.I. to build the better mousetrap.
  — CBS News, 28 May 2023
• But authorities knew the ease of the process made the program an easy target for would-be criminals.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
• But serial killers, spies, con artists, and criminals have also called the state their home.
  — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2024
• Parthiban saves the beast, but shows less mercy when a group of criminals threaten his daughter a few scenes later.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Oct. 2023
• There are, of course, war criminals who need to be held accountable; my colleagues and I are not calling for amnesty all around.
  — Aleksei Miniailo, Foreign Affairs, 28 Dec. 2023
• His own son, Pedro, becomes a drug addict and then, as a dealer known as Dom, one of the most wanted criminals in Brazil.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Dec. 2023
• The hope is that keeping criminals off the streets will lessen the amount of crime that is committed, and deter others from committing crime.
  — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2024
• The criminal, who served time in a Brooklyn jail, also obtained phone numbers of the victim’s son, threatening to make false claims to those close to him.
  — Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2023
• In 1950, the Soviets returned him to China, where he was held as a war criminal but pardoned about a decade later.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 May 2023
• The couple had run away from criminals and jumped panicked into the river, Gómez recounted, shaking from the cold, his sleeves ripped by the wire.
  — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
• Organized retail crime refers to rings of criminals acting together to steal a range of goods from stores that can be sold.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2023
• The numbers come after a year of Congress targeting the district over its handling of crime and criminals.
  — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 2 Jan. 2024
• So the door opens up for Damian when Bruce gets tricked into going to Nova Scotia, and then, lo and behold, these two criminals break in and crime is back.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Dec. 2023
• The criminal peels off the protective tape covering the PIN and photographs it and the card’s serial number.
  — Craig Silverman, ProPublica, 17 Jan. 2024
• Those people still face many of the same employment hurdles that hardened criminals do.
  — The Editors, National Review, 2 June 2023
• The record must reflect that cryptocurrency isn’t the currency of choice for criminals.
  — WSJ, 23 Oct. 2023
• The legal teams discussed a plea deal in January as a result of police recovering many of the pieces, which four of the criminals agreed to and admitted their part in the theft.
  — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 16 May 2023
• Diniz was kept in a three-cubic meters underground cell with no bathroom for a week until the criminals were caught.
  — Fabiola Moura, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2024
• Some note that the larger issue is the danger of being drugged, regardless of whether a criminal can unlock a person’s phone and steal their money.
  — Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2023
• The agency says criminals appear to be switching tactics.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 1 Apr. 2024
• Secondly, there’s the danger that criminals will use any last-minute rush to migrate podcast subscription data, although users have until July to do this.
  — Davey Winder, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024