criminal-like

English

Etymology

From criminal +‎ -like.

Adjective

criminal-like (comparative more criminal-like, superlative most criminal-like)

  1. Like, resembling, or befitting a criminal.
    Synonym: criminal (adj)
    • 2014, Richard H. Immerman, The Hidden Hand: A Brief History of the CIA:
      Regardless of the ultimate judgment and any hair splitting, the CIA seemed to many Americans to have regressed to and even surpassed its criminal-like behavior during the pre-Church Committee hearings era.
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