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criminal code

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A document which compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

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  • Arabic: قَانُون جِنَائِيّ (qānūn jināʔiyy) — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Armenian: քրեական օրենսգիրք (kʻreakan ōrensgirkʻ) — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Belarusian: крыміна́льны ко́дэкс (kryminálʹny kódeks) — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Bulgarian: наказа́телен ко́декс (nakazátelen kódeks) — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Chinese Mandarin: 刑事法典 (xíngshì fǎdiǎn) — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Chinese Mandarin: 刑法典 (xíngfǎdiǎn) — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Czech: trestní zákoník — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Danish: straffelov — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Dutch: strafwetboek — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Estonian: kriminaalkoodeks — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Finnish: rikoslaki — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • French: code pénal — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • French: code criminel — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Georgian: სისხლის სამართლის კოდექსი (sisxlis samartlis ḳodeksi) — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • German: Strafrecht — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • German: Strafgesetzbuch — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • German: StGB — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Greek: ποινικός κώδικας (poinikós kódikas) — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Hindi: दंड संहिता (daṇḍ sãhitā) — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Hungarian: büntető törvénykönyv — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Indonesian: kitab undang-undang hukum pidana — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Indonesian: KUHP — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Italian: codice penale — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Japanese: 刑法典 (keihōten) — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Kazakh: қылмыстық кодекс (qylmystyq kodeks) — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Korean: 형법전 (hyeongbeopjeon) — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Latvian: kriminālkodekss — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Lithuanian: baudžiamasis kodeksas — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Macedonian: кривичен законик (krivičen zakonik) — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Malay: kanun keseksaan — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Norwegian Bokmål: straffelov — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: straffelov — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Polish: kodeks karny — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Portuguese: código penal — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Romanian: cod penal — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Russian: уголо́вный ко́декс (ugolóvnyj kódɛks) — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Russian: УК — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Serbo-Croatian: кривични законик — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Serbo-Croatian: казнени законик — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Serbo-Croatian: krivični zakonik — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Serbo-Croatian: kazneni zakonik — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Slovak: trestný zákonník — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Slovene: kazenski zakonik — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Spanish: código penal — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Swedish: brottsbalk — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Tagalog: pamparusang kabatasan — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Tagalog: kodigo-penal — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Ukrainian: криміна́льний ко́декс (kryminálʹnyj kódeks) — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law
  • Vietnamese: bộ luật hình sự — document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law