ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Criminally

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Criminally is an adverb meaning In a criminal manner.

Meaning

In a criminal manner.

Example Sentences

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.

Synonyms for criminally

Depending on context, synonyms include delinquently, illegally, forbiddenly, illegitimately, illicitly, unlawfully.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include reprehensively, scandalously, shamefully, penally, disgracefully, grossly.

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