{
    "term": "criminal",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who commits a crime",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **convicted criminal**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police sometimes put themselves in danger when arresting **violent criminals**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Society does not know how to deal with **hardened criminals** *(= people who regularly commit crimes and are not sorry for what they do)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **career criminal** *(= who earns their income through criminal activities)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He admits to being a **petty criminal** *(= who commits crimes that are not very serious)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "white-collar criminals"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a gang of criminals"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has been associating with known criminals."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I told him to pass the information to the police so they could catch the criminals."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was treated like a common criminal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sending these youngsters to prison simply trains them to become professional criminals."
                },
                {
                    "text": "serial killers and other kinds of violent criminals"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["dangerous", "violent", "real"],
                "verb + criminal": ["catch", "convict", "prosecute"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkrɪmɪnl/",
                "audio": "cr/criminal/criminal__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkrɪmɪnl/",
                "audio": "cr/criminal/criminal__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}