CRIMINALITY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being a criminal

Synonyms:

criminalism; criminality; criminalness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("criminality" is a kind of...):

guilt; guiltiness (the state of having committed an offense)

Derivation:

criminal (guilty of crime or serious offense)

Credits