Synonyms for criminality
Most common
evil corruption wickedness immorality crime guilt delinquency culpability
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Immorality — the state of being criminal
immorality, corruption, wickedness, evil, badness, sin, knavery, depravity, villainy, enormity, criminalness dated rare
2. Crime — A criminal act
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The state of being criminal.
- n. 2
A criminal act.
Forms
- Plural
- criminalities → immoralities, corruptions, wickednesses, evils…
Example sentences
- evil Grr! Avoid not, unwelcome evil and cowardly beast!
- corruption A man of strong will is not subject to corruption.
- wickedness The desire of wickedness came up in your heart.
- immorality Islam hates immorality and so does Judaism.
- crime In Singapore, it is a crime to spit on the ground.
- guilt The fingerprints on the knife attest to her guilt.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| criminality | rising | |
| evil | rising | |
| corruption | rising | |
| wickedness | rising | |
| immorality | rising | |
| crime | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- sin1
- 4 letters
- evil2
- 5 letters
- crime1, guilt1
- 7 letters
- badness2, knavery
- 8 letters
- enormity4, villainy
- 9 letters
- depravity4
- 10 letters
- corruption3, immorality5, wickedness3
- 11 letters
- delinquency4, culpability5, criminalism
- 12 letters
- unlawfulness, criminalness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evil2 = 2 syllables).