criminal-like in English

Forms: more criminal-like [comparative], most criminal-like [superlative] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From criminal + -like. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|criminal|-like}} criminal + -like Head templates: {{en-adj}} criminal-like (comparative more criminal-like, superlative most criminal-like)

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        "2": "criminal",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From criminal + -like.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more criminal-like",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most criminal-like",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Richard H. Immerman, The Hidden Hand: A Brief History of the CIA",
          "text": "Regardless of the ultimate judgment and any hair splitting, the CIA seemed to many Americans to have regressed to and even surpassed its criminal-like behavior during the pre-Church Committee hearings era.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Like, resembling, or befitting a criminal."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "criminal"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "criminal-like"
}

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "criminal",
        "3": "-like"
      },
      "expansion": "criminal + -like",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From criminal + -like.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more criminal-like",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most criminal-like",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "criminal-like (comparative more criminal-like, superlative most criminal-like)",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Richard H. Immerman, The Hidden Hand: A Brief History of the CIA",
          "text": "Regardless of the ultimate judgment and any hair splitting, the CIA seemed to many Americans to have regressed to and even surpassed its criminal-like behavior during the pre-Church Committee hearings era.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Like, resembling, or befitting a criminal."
      ],
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        {
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        }
      ]
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  ],
  "word": "criminal-like"
}

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"criminal-like" meaning in English

Adjective