criminally

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criminally

adverb more criminally · most criminally

  1. In a criminal manner. The move will transfer the facility’s more than 200 prisoners, including 50 deemed criminally insane, from a fortresslike building with bars on the windows and cement walls and ceilings into a unit of Manhattan Psychiatric Center, a civilian hospital close by on Wards Island.

    Similar: delinquently, illegally, criminally, forbiddenly, illegitimately, illicitly, unlawfully

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Closest in meaning: reprehensively, scandalously, shamefully, penally, disgracefully, grossly, shockingly, criminously, uncriminally, criminologically, feloniously, illegally, burglarously, homicidally, cruelly, illicitly

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adv in a criminal manner

Españolcriminalmente
Portuguêscriminalmente
Românăcriminal

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"criminally." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/criminally. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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criminally. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/criminally

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@misc{criminally_2026,
  title = {criminally},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/criminally},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}