Synonyms for criminality
ˌkrɪm əˈnæl ɪ ticrim·i·nal·i·ty

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1. criminality

   Sin is any lack of holiness, any defect of moral purity and truth, whether in heart or life, whether of commission or omission. "All unrighteousness is sin," 1 John v, 17. Transgression, as its etymology indicates, is the stepping over a specific enactment, whether of God or man, ordinarily by overt act, but in the broadest sense, in volition or desire. Sin may be either act or state; transgression is always an act, mental or physical. Crime is often used for a flagrant violation of right, but in the technical sense denotes specific violation of human law. Guilt is desert of and exposure to punishment because of sin. Depravity denotes not any action, but a perverted moral condition from which any act of sin may proceed. Sin in the generic sense, as denoting a state of heart, is synonymous with depravity; in the specific sense, as in the expression a sin, the term may be synonymous with transgression, crime, offense, misdeed, etc., or may denote some moral activity that could not be characterized by terms so positive. Immorality denotes outward violation of the moral law. Sin is thus the broadest word, and immorality next in scope; all crimes, properly so called, and all immoralities, are sins; but there may be sin, as ingratitude, which is neither crime, transgression, nor immorality; and there may be immorality which is not crime, as falsehood. Compare CRIMINAL.

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   Synonyms:
   crime, delinquency, depravity, evil, fault, guilt, ill-doing, immorality, iniquity, misdeed, offense, sin, transgression, ungodliness, unrighteousness, vice, viciousness, wickedness, wrong, wrong-doing

   Antonyms:
   blamelessness, excellence, godliness, goodness, holiness, innocence, integrity, morality, purity, rectitude, right, righteousness, sinlessness, uprightness, virtue

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1. criminalism, criminality, criminalnessnoun

   the state of being a criminal

   Synonyms:
   criminalness, criminalism

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1. criminalitynoun

   Synonyms:
   guiltiness, guilt, culpability

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1. List of paraphrases for "criminality":

   crime, incrimination, criminalization, delinquency, criminalisation, punishability, jeopardy

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1. Naledi Pandor:

   There is a targeting of Africans from other parts of Africa, we can't deny that, but, there is also criminality ... because a lot of this is accompanied by theft.

2. Mike Solan:

   I believe that the case file in and of itself has glaring holes in it, i believe just after 2 p.m., that's when a lot of the criminality was occurring inside the Capitol. There was really nothing occurring outside in terms of criminality or law enforcement officers being assaulted.

3. Hugh Dugan:

   In the absence of concrete action to address such wrongdoing, the credibility of the United Nations as champion of human rights and human security is called-out — right under its own roof, while disciplinary measures against other U.N. employees might be meted out as an administrative matter, criminality is more challenging to address for abuses taking place in U.N. properties, which are technically international territories, and not within the jurisdiction of the United States or other host countries.

4. Anouk Desgroseilliers:

   Aid agencies are not necessarily being targeted, but criminality prevails in some areas where they are acting, this is restricting access and having an impact on the delivery of humanitarian assistance in the region.

5. Greg Mandoli:

   This is where grassroots law enforcement starts. This is how we get a baseline read of what’s happening… it all builds on itself…this is what federal agencies, investigative agencies like HSI, are doing to target transnational criminality.