noncriminal
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- noun
- /nɒnˈkrɪmɪnəl/
- Many noncriminals celebrated when the new law was passed to protect their rights.
Examples
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When considerations of intelligence and social class are statistically controlled, criminals are indistinguishable from noncriminals on tests or measures of moral knowledge.
Academic text (1993) -
It was good to see him forced to acknowledge his failure, though we wish he had been pressed harder about the deportation efforts his administration has expanded, like Secure Communities, which have led to the removal of tens of thousands of noncriminals and left thousands of citizen children in foster care.
Blog text (7) -
The program was designed to assist noncriminals seeking employment after years of living in fear.
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As a noncriminal, she found it difficult to understand the harsh penalties that some people faced.
Antonyms
How Criminal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Noncriminal is made of non- meaning 'not' and criminal meaning 'related to crime', so a noncriminal is simply a person who has not committed a crime.