"criminalist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: criminalists [plural]
Etymology: From criminal + -ist. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*krey-}}, {{suffix|en|criminal|ist}} criminal + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} criminalist (plural criminalists)
  1. A person who specializes in criminal law.
    Sense id: en-criminalist-en-noun-Dr2b97jF Categories (other): Law enforcement Disambiguation of Law enforcement: 63 37
  2. (US) A person who specializes in the collection and examination of forensic evidence at a crime scene. Tags: US Translations (specialist in the examination of forensic evidence at a crime scene): kriminalisto (Esperanto), rikostutkija (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-criminalist-en-noun-scxlgm4- Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ist, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, People Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 26 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of People: 33 67 Disambiguation of 'specialist in the examination of forensic evidence at a crime scene': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: criminalistics

Inflected forms

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