What is another word for criminal behavior?

Pronunciation: [kɹˈɪmɪnə͡l bɪhˈe͡ɪvjə] (IPA)

Criminal behavior refers to actions that violate the law and could result in punishment. Some common synonyms for this term include delinquency, wrongdoing, transgression, misconduct, offense, lawbreaking, and deviation. These words are used to describe behavior that goes against societal norms and standards, causing damage to individuals or society as a whole. Other related words that could be used include misconduct, malpractice, illegality, impropriety, and infraction. These words are important as they can help to describe the actions of perpetrators more accurately and can also help to convey the severity of their actions.

What are the hypernyms for Criminal behavior?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Criminal behavior

  • You must understand that terrorists, although they may ultimately derive their financial resources or other assets from a government or governments, are theoretically stateless themselves — they're rather like international corporations, in their way — because they reject the idea of a state, they don't wish to be controlled by a state, they have had their state taken away from them or destroyed, they have been denied a chance to create a state of their own, or they were created to provide some government somewhere with what's called 'credible deniability'. When individuals not affiliated with a national government commit violent acts, they are — and ought to be dealt with as — criminals, nothing more and certainly nothing less. Rather than indiscriminately destroy entire nations full of innocent people in retaliation for the criminal behavior of a few, guilty individuals should be pursued and either killed, or captured, tried, and on conviction, appropriately punished.
    L. Neil Smith

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