"paracriminal" meaning in English

See paracriminal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} paracriminal (not comparable)
  1. Associated with or profiting from crime without actually being illegal. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-paracriminal-en-adj-lL~rfdfA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2005, Gerd Junne, Willemijn Verkoren, Postconflict Development: Meeting New Challenges, page 193:",
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          "ref": "2018, Robert Tynes, Tools of War, Tools of State: When Children Become Soldiers, page 48:",
          "text": "Many of the youth became saboteurs while others became “paracriminal juveniles” (Kater, 2004, p. 115)",
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