kriminalist

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From kriminalìstika.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kriminǎlist/
  • Hyphenation: kri‧mi‧na‧list

Noun

kriminàlist m (Cyrillic spelling кримина̀лист)

  1. criminologist

Declension

References

  • kriminalist”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

kriminal- (crime) +‎ -ist (-ist). Cognate with English criminalist, French criminaliste, German Kriminalist and Latin criminalis.

Pronunciation

Noun

kriminalist c

  1. (dated, law) a criminalist; a person who owns scientifically vocational training in crime and punishment
    • 1934, Eliel Löfgren, Klockorna i Östervåla, page 48:
      Det yttrande av en engelsk kriminalist [Sir Basil Thomson], som citerats i början av detta kapitel [...]
      The opinion of an English criminalist , quoted at the beginning of this chapter
  2. (obsolete) a criminal
    Synonyms: brottsling, kriminell
    • 1734 August 17, “Anmärkningar mot förslaget till Rättegångsbalk vid 1734 års riksdag”, in Förarbetena till Sveriges rikes lag 8:
      § 32. Som tå mer än halfwa bewijs äro emot en criminalist, han ej kan af domaren aldeles befrias, så måste saken lemnas till framtiden [...]
      § 32. As when more than half the evidence is against a criminal, he can not be completely acquitted by the judge, so the case must be left to the future

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