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criminal
Adjective
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Criminal law, charges, investigations, and so forth are ones related to crime.
criminal
Noun
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A criminal is someone who has commited a crime or been convicted of a crime.
The politician said in a speech, "don't blame society when somebody commits a crime, blame the criminal". "
case
Noun
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A case is a container to hold something.
He opened the case and pulled out his violin.
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A case is a matter for police or in court.
The judge did not accept his case.
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A case is the form of a noun showing how it is used in a sentence.
The word "he" is in the subject or nominative case.
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A case is a person of a certain kind.
That man is sure a hard case.
case
Verb
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If a police officer cases a house, he or she watches it until something happens.
We were casing a house all night in Brooklyn.