criminally
31
6.5
- adverb
- /ˈkrɪmɪnəli/
:
penalmente
- The firm would be criminally guilty of fraud.
- criminally prosecute
- criminally liable
- criminally indicted
The firm would be criminally guilty of fraud.
- The firm would be criminally guilty of fraud.
- The only question is, was he criminally responsible?
- And in the last three years, his business has been held criminally liable for fraud.
- He was charged criminally for the for the Ponzi scheme.
- Show me cases in which people were prosecuted criminally for engaging in lynching.
- And Trivium's head of Trivium was not charged criminally.
- They do not want to perform a life saving abortion until there is a fine line between life and death because they could be criminally prosecuted.
- Over time, there was a societal change, and drinking and driving not only became penalized criminally, it became socially unacceptable.
- They agree that we should not have people who are criminally violent or have some other red flag associated with their record be allowed to to buy guns.
- But if he's able to have all of his mental faculties, then you've kind of shown that you weren't criminally reckless.
Examples
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More commonly, parallel proceedings involve a single defendant targeted criminally by the Justice Department and civilly by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Academic text (2004) -
Multiple GOP officials eventually either pled guilty to or were convicted of criminally violating federal communications law.
Blog text (10) -
The only question is, was he criminally responsible?
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But to charge her criminally makes no sense to me.
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And in the last three years, his business has been held criminally liable for fraud.
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Look, someone may be criminally poisoning these waters.
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Certainly, in this case, where Tobin has been criminally convicted, we can require no less.
Academic text (2003) -
A short time thereafter, however, he was criminally indicted.
Academic text (2003) -
If civil remedies are inadequate in a particular case, the government can criminally prosecute a provider for fraud.
Academic text (2016) -
The manager was found to be criminally negligent in ensuring workplace safety.
Synonyms
14
4.3
In a way that breaks the law
10
7.5
In a dishonest way to trick someone to get money or other things
2
6.8
In a way that breaks the law or rules
2
6.8
In a way not allowed by law or rules
1
7.2
Acting without following a country's rules
1
9.4
Doing something that is a serious crime
1
8.9
In a very dishonest or illegal way
Antonyms
How Illegal
- Specialized
1
9.4
31
6.5
197
2.1
24
4.6
- Formal
39
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Criminally comes from the word crime, from Latin crimen meaning 'charge' or 'guilt', plus the ending -ly which means 'in the way of'. So it literally means 'in a criminal way' and is used when an action actually breaks the law.