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criminal meaning in Swedish

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criminal (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)
noun
[UK: ˈkrɪ.mɪn.l̩]
[US: ˈkrɪ.mən.l̩]

brottsling [~en ~ar]substantiv
{c}Criminals should be punished. = Brottslingar borde straffas.

förbrytare [~n ~, förbrytarna]substantiv
{c}The police persuaded the criminal to surrender his weapon. = Polisen övertalade förbrytaren att lämna ifrån sig sitt vapen.

criminal code (document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law)
noun
[UK: ˈkrɪ.mɪn.l̩ kəʊd]
[US: ˈkrɪ.mən.l̩ koʊd]

brottsbalk [~en]substantiv
{c}

criminal law [criminal laws] (area of law)
noun
[UK: ˈkrɪ.mɪn.l̩ lɔː]
[US: ˈkrɪ.mən.l̩ ˈlɑː]

straffrätt [~en]substantiv

criminal procedure (legal process)
noun

kriminalprocesssubstantiv
{c}

criminal record (a record of past crimes)
noun
[UK: ˈkrɪ.mɪn.l̩ rɪˈk.ɔːd]
[US: ˈkrɪ.mən.l̩ rəˈk.ɔːrd]

brottsregister [~registret ~, ~registren]substantiv
{n}

criminality (state of being criminal)
noun
[UK: ˌkrɪ.mɪ.ˈnæ.lə.ti]
[US: ˌkrɪ.mə.ˈnæ.lə.ti]

brottslighet [~en ~er]substantiv
{n}

kriminalitet [~en]substantiv
{n}

criminalization (making a previously legal activity illegal)
noun
[UK: ˌkrɪ.mə.nə.lə.ˈzeɪ.ʃən]
[US: ˌkrɪ.mə.nə.lə.ˈzeɪ.ʃən]

kriminalisering [~en ~ar]substantiv

criminalize (to make something be a crime)
verb
[UK: ˈkrɪ.mə.nə.ˌlaɪz]
[US: ˈkrɪ.mə.nə.ˌlaɪz]

kriminalisera [~de ~t]verb

decriminalization (making something no longer illegal)
noun
[UK: di.ˌkrɪ.mə.nə.lə.ˈzeɪ.ʃən]
[US: di.ˌkrɪ.mə.nə.lə.ˈzeɪ.ʃən]

avkriminalisering [~en ~ar]substantiv
{c}

decriminalize [decriminalized, decriminalizing, decriminalizes] (to change the laws so something is no longer a crime)
verb
[UK: di.ˌkrɪ.mə.nə.ˈlaɪz]
[US: di.ˌkrɪ.mə.nə.ˈlaɪz]

avkriminalisera [~de ~t]verb

war criminal (person guilty of war crimes)
noun
[UK: wɔː(r) ˈkrɪ.mɪn.l̩]
[US: ˈwɔːr ˈkrɪ.mən.l̩]

krigsförbrytare [~n ~, ~förbrytarna]substantiv
{c}

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