How to Use criminal law in a Sentence

criminal law

noun

• Yet the criminal law makes these kinds of distinctions all the time.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 20 Mar. 2022
• House Bill 5 would make a long list of changes to Kentucky’s criminal law.
  — Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 15 Mar. 2024
• The money, great big gobs of it that has led men to break NCAA rules and criminal laws, isn’t going away.
  — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 3 Oct. 2017
• In the end, the case went down just as many criminal law experts predicted.
  — Andrew Wolfson, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2020
• There are a lot of questions, said Roth, an expert in criminal law.
  — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Oct. 2021
• The distinction came much later and only has to do with the criminal law.
  — Slate Magazine, 18 Apr. 2017
• In fact, in the criminal law, the distinction touches on the nature of evil itself.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 31 July 2021
• And Ukraine has war crimes as part of its domestic criminal law.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2022
• After three years as a criminal law clerk at the Perkins Law Group, Martell has joined the team as a criminal defense lawyer.
  — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 31 May 2021
• The court upheld the guilty verdict against the Swiss banking giant, in a case tried under French criminal law.
  — Nick Kostov, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2021
• The attorney then went on to practice criminal law in New York and New Jersey.
  — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Variety, 14 Feb. 2022
• But the scenario in the post is not possible, criminal law experts said.
  — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2022
• The turn to criminal law and punitive measures to address public health issues is not new in and of itself.
  — Mary Ziegler and Aziza Ahmed, CNN, 23 Mar. 2022
• The law was laid down in 1936 under British colonial rule, when English criminal law was imposed on Malaysia.
  — Julia Malleck, Quartz, 24 May 2023
• That may be, but the rules are backed by criminal law, and those getting caught flouting them will be in serious trouble.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 8 June 2020
• From then until now, the idea of a president violating criminal law has not been dealt with at the U.S. Supreme Court.
  — Claire B. Wofford, The Conversation, 25 Apr. 2024
• Fonteneau has been practicing for 18 years, a decade of which were focused on criminal law.
  — Ivana Hrynkiw | [e-mail], al, 12 Sep. 2022
• Rather, it is written to shut parents down by creating a new overbroad and vague criminal law that puts fear in their minds.
  — Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
• Under Chinese criminal law, Mr. Deng faces up to seven years in jail.
  — Sui-Lee Wee and Elsie Chen, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
• The hypothetical question posed to the panel was, in effect, whether there is a loophole to get around the criminal law.
  — Alexander Raikin, National Review, 14 Sep. 2023
• In other words, Biden supports D.C. home rule — except on the most basic question of criminal law.
  — The Editors, National Review, 6 Mar. 2023
• The trebling feature of antitrust law is one reason why some have described it as the most threatening area of the law outside of criminal law.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 July 2024
• The Supreme Court sent the Sims case back to a lower court to consider whether the scope of the state law was broader than Congress included under the career criminal law.
  — Jess Bravin, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2018
• The criminal law is not designed to address every human tragedy.
  — Mark T. Mitchell, National Review, 25 Sep. 2020
• The argument that the President is immune from the criminal laws is just that — an argument.
  — Martin London, Time, 29 Jan. 2018
• As far as the application of criminal law, much of what is happening today is a retreat to the pre-civil-rights South.
  — Robert L. Woodson Sr., WSJ, 16 Apr. 2021
• As Nerheim said in a statement Thursday, the safety of the community and the enforcement of the criminal laws are paramount.
  — Dahleen Glanton, chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2019
• The case touches on how to balance the rights of the accused with those of the public, and core criminal law principles with public policy concerns.
  — Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2021
• That means not watering down criminal laws like some have proposed.
  — Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
• Even if Trump’s actions were done in his official capacity, rather than in his personal one as a candidate, the public’s interest in the enforcement of criminal laws is significant, the court said.
  — Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024