the state or quality of being criminal - (often plural)
a criminal act or practice
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crim•i•nal•i•ty
(krim′ə nal′i tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties for 2.
- Sociologythe state of being criminal.
- Sociologya criminal act or practice.
- Medieval Latin crīminālitās. See criminal, -ity
- 1605–15
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