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criminality|krɪmɪˈnælɪtɪ|
[ad. F. criminalité or med.L. crīminālitās (see Du Cange), f. crīminālis criminal: see -ity.]
The quality or fact of being criminal.
1611Cotgr., Criminalité, Criminalitie; a criminal action, case, or cause. 1774Pennant Tour Scot. in 1772, 345 From habit it lost all the appearance of criminality. 1869Lecky Europ. Mor. I. iii. 474 That doctrine of the criminality of error. 1869J. Greenwood 7 Curses Lond. 133 The growth of juvenile criminality.
b. (with pl.) A criminal act or practice.
1849Stovel Canne's Necess. Introd. 30 Alleged as a chief point in the criminalities imputed to the Welsh. |