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criminological

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to criminology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to or involved in criminology

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English criminal Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English criminology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English criminological From criminology + -ical.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: criminològic — of or pertaining to criminology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 犯罪學的 /犯罪学的 (fànzuìxué de) — of or pertaining to criminology
  • Czech: kriminologický — of or pertaining to criminology
  • Danish: kriminologisk — of or pertaining to criminology
  • Dutch: criminologisch — of or pertaining to criminology
  • Finnish: kriminologinen — of or pertaining to criminology
  • French: criminologique — of or pertaining to criminology
  • German: kriminologisch — of or pertaining to criminology
  • Hungarian: kriminológiai — of or pertaining to criminology
  • Indonesian: kriminologis — of or pertaining to criminology
  • Italian: criminologico — of or pertaining to criminology
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kriminologisk — of or pertaining to criminology
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kriminologisk — of or pertaining to criminology
  • Polish: kryminologiczny — of or pertaining to criminology
  • Portuguese: criminológico — of or pertaining to criminology
  • Romanian: criminologic — of or pertaining to criminology
  • Russian: криминологи́ческий (kriminologíčeskij) — of or pertaining to criminology
  • Upper Sorbian: kriminologiski — of or pertaining to criminology
  • Spanish: criminológico — of or pertaining to criminology
  • Swedish: kriminologisk — of or pertaining to criminology