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Home Dictionary Name: kriscriminology
criminology : the scientific study of crime as a social phenomenon, of criminals, and of penal treatment crim·i·no·log·i·cal [kri-mə-nə-lÄ -jə-kəl] adj crim·i·no·log·i·cal·ly adv crim·i·nol·o·gist [kri-mə-nÄ -lə-jist] n ...
incriminate
incriminate -nat·ed -nat·ing 1 : to charge with involvement in a crime [he was incriminated in the conspiracy] 2 : to suggest or show involvement of in a crime [among the evidence that incriminated him was a box of trigger devices] see also self-incrimination in·crim·i·na·tion [in-kri-mə-nā-shən] n in·crim·i·na·to·ry [in-kri-mə-nə-tōr-ē] adj ...
criminalize
criminalize -ized -iz·ing : to make criminal : outlaw [the statute criminalizing the use of contraceptives "R. H. Bork"] compare illegalize crim·i·nal·i·za·tion [kri-mə-nə-lə-zā-shən, -lī-] n ...
decriminalize
decriminalize -ized -iz·ing : to remove or reduce the criminal classification or status of de·crim·i·nal·iza·tion [dē-kri-mən-l-ə-zā-shən] n ...
discriminate
discriminate -nat·ed -nat·ing : to make a difference in treatment or favor on a basis other than individual merit ;esp : to make a difference in treatment on a basis prohibited by law (as national origin, race, sex, religion, age, or disability) see also bona fide occupational qualification, equal protection, reverse discrimination, suspect class Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the Important Laws section amendment xiv to the Constitution in the back matter dis·crim·i·na·tion [dis-kri-mə-nā-shən] n ...
Kris
A Malay dagger See Creese...
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