"criminaloid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: criminaloids [plural]
Etymology: criminal + -oid, coined by E. A. Ross in Sin and Society (1907). Etymology templates: {{suf|en|criminal|oid}} criminal + -oid Head templates: {{en-noun}} criminaloid (plural criminaloids)
  1. A person who carries out business in an immoral or exploitative way, but does not necessarily break the law, and is protected from consequences by a veneer of social respectability.
    Sense id: en-criminaloid-en-noun-6GsBlaD1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -oid

Inflected forms

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