Criminal, n. Culprit, delinquent, offender, transgressor, trespasser, malefactor, convict, felon.
Criminal conversation. [Abbreviated Crim. con.] Adultery.
Criminality, n. Guiltiness, guilt, culpability.
Criminate, v. a.
- 1. Accuse, charge, arraign, impeach, allege to be guilty.
- 2. Involve in crime, implicate in guilt, show guilty.
Crimination, n. Accusation, impeachment, arraignment, charge.
Crimp, v. a.
- 1. Curl, crisp.
- 2. Plait, form into ridges.
Crimp, n. (Colloq.) Decoyman (for the military service), ensnarer, trapanner.
Cringe, v. n. Crouch, fawn, truckle, sneak, stoop, bend the knee.
Cringing, a. Crouching, fawning, servile, sneaking, obsequious.
Crinkle, v. n.
- 1. Crankle, run in and out, wind, bend
- 2. Wrinkle, curl, be corrugated.
Crinkle, v. a. Wrinkle, corrugate, curl.
Cripple, n. Lame man, lame woman.
Cripple, v. a.
- 1. Lame, make lame.
- 2. Disable, weaken, impair, break down.
Crisis, n.
- 1. Acme, height, decisive turn, turning point, critical juncture.
- 2. Exigency, emergency, juncture, conjuncture, pass, strait, rub, pinch, push, critical situation.