The noun 'criminal' is a singular, common, concrete noun, a word for a person.
The plural form is criminals.
The noun form of the adjective 'criminal' is criminality; the plural form is criminalities.
The noun criminal is a singular, common noun; a word for a person who commits crimes.
It can be a verb as in, "it is illegal to harbor a criminal".
The standard collective noun is a gang of criminals.
Main Entry: criminal Part of Speech:adjective Definition: lawless, felonious Synonyms: bent, caught, corrupt, crooked, culpable, deplorable, dirty, heavy, hung up*, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, immoral, indictable, iniquitous, nefarious, off base*, out of line, peccant, racket, scandalous, senseless, shady*, smoking gun*, unlawful, unrighteous, vicious, villainous, wicked, wildcat*, wrongCrook, villan, thief, bad guy, etc....
No, it is a noun, meaning either a netherworld or illegal/criminal groups as a whole. But it may be used as a noun adjunct with other nouns (underworld ties, underworld demons).
The criminal mounted the scaffold, and delivered his last words to the watching crowd.
The noun 'criminal' is a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for a person.The word 'criminal' is also an adjective, a word used to describe a noun.
The word criminal is both an adjective and a noun. Examples: Adjective: His criminal activities finally landed him in prison. Noun: The criminal was sentenced to twenty years in prison.
Synonyms for the noun 'criminal' are:lawbreakeroffendervillainfelonculpritmiscreantSynonyms for the adjective 'criminal' are:unlawfulillegalfeloniousfraudulentvillainouscorrupt
The word "criminal" can be a noun or an adjective. The adverb is "criminally."
Criminals is a noun, plural of criminal.
noun
It can be a verb as in, "it is illegal to harbor a criminal".
The standard collective noun is a gang of criminals.
It can be used as a noun (during the storm the ships stayed in the harbor) and also as a verb (it is illegal to harbor a criminal).
Main Entry: criminal Part of Speech:adjective Definition: lawless, felonious Synonyms: bent, caught, corrupt, crooked, culpable, deplorable, dirty, heavy, hung up*, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, immoral, indictable, iniquitous, nefarious, off base*, out of line, peccant, racket, scandalous, senseless, shady*, smoking gun*, unlawful, unrighteous, vicious, villainous, wicked, wildcat*, wrongCrook, villan, thief, bad guy, etc....
The noun or adjective criminal has the adverb form "criminally." It is commonly seen modifying adjectives as in criminally negligent or criminally insane.
In Irish it's: coirpeach (noun) / coiriúil (adj)