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/krˈɪmənəl kˌɑnvərsˈeɪʃən/ Listen

adjective

Criminal adj.

Guilty of crime or sin. "The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us criminal in the sight of God."

Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness. "Foppish and fantastic ornaments are only indications of vice, not criminal in themselves."

Relating to crime; opposed to civil; as, the criminal code. "The officers and servants of the crown, violating the personal liberty, or other right of the subject... were in some cases liable to criminal process."

Criminal action (Law), an action or suit instituted to secure conviction and punishment for a crime.

Criminal conversation (Law), unlawful intercourse with a married woman; adultery; usually abbreviated, crim. con.

Criminal law, the law which relates to crimes.

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Etymology of 'Criminal conversation'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... returned to Judea, when both his sister Salome and his mother informed him of Alexandra's intentions. Salome also added somewhat further against Joseph, though it was no more than a calumny, that he had often had criminal conversation with Mariamne. The reason of her saying so was this, that she for a long time bare her ill-will; for when they had differences with one another, Mariamne took great freedoms, and reproached the rest for the meanness of their birth. But Herod, whose affection to Mariamne was always very warm, ...

— The Antiquities of the Jews • Flavius Josephus