criminal

penal, criminal

Relacionado con los delitos o con las leyes y penas que se les aplican.

En inglés sencillo: Connected with crime or the laws and punishments dealing with it.

• He has a criminal record.
• The police began a criminal investigation.
• She faces criminal charges for stealing public money.

Expresiones frecuentes: criminal law, criminal record, criminal investigation

escandaloso, vergonzoso

Tan malo o injusto que merece una crítica muy dura.

En inglés sencillo: So bad or wrong that it deserves strong criticism.

• Throwing away this food is criminal.
• The building’s condition shows criminal neglect.
• Spending that much on decorations seems positively criminal.

Sinónimos: outrageous, shameful, appalling

Expresiones frecuentes: criminal waste, criminal neglect, positively criminal

delincuente, criminal

Persona que ha cometido un delito y ha infringido la ley.

En inglés sencillo: A person who has broken the law by doing something that is a crime.

• The police caught the criminal.
• Several criminals escaped from prison last night.
• Was he treated like a criminal?

Sinónimos: lawbreaker, offender

Expresiones frecuentes: dangerous criminal, convicted criminal, catch a criminal, violent criminal