Criminal and Law

Opposite meaning words

Criminal noun - A person who has committed a crime.

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Law is an antonym for criminal in person who breaks the law topic.

Law noun - A rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature.

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Criminal is an antonym for law.

Nearby Words: lawful, lawless, laws, lawfulness, lawfully

known	known criminal	known law
human	human criminal	human law
old	old criminal	old law
good	good criminal	good law
Other adjectives: common, single, actual, real, evil, young, last, international, local, intergalactic.

Federal responsibilities include foreign affairs, defence, justice,note This refers to all criminal law and criminal prosecution, the opposite of how things work in the USA.

Source: Useful Notes / Canadian Politics
Zenigata is unable to bring him to Japan, as Italian law forbids extradition when the criminal may be executed, and Lupin has a death sentence waiting for him there.

Source: Reality Ensues / Anime and Manga
Law & Order: Criminal Intent — in this case, actual new episodes instead of just reruns, until the series ended in 2011.

Source: Creator / USA Network

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