Meanings
nouncriminal law (countable and uncountable, plural criminal laws)
plural criminal laws
- countableuncountablelawThe area of law pertaining to crime and punishment.
- countableuncountablelawA specific statute, ordinance, regulation, or other source of law that deems an action to be a crime.
Translations
Afrikaans strafreg
- strafregarea of law
Catalan dret penal
- dret penalarea of law
Chinese Mandarin 刑法, 刑事法
- 刑法 (xíngfǎ)area of law
- 刑事法 (xíngshìfǎ)area of law
Czech trestní právo
- trestní právoarea of law
Danish strafferet
- strafferetarea of law
Dutch strafrecht
- strafrechtarea of law
Finnish rikosoikeus
- rikosoikeusarea of law
French droit pénal, droit criminel
- droit pénalarea of law
- droit criminelarea of law
German Strafrecht
- Strafrechtarea of law
Hindi अपराधिक कानून
- अपराधिक कानून (aprādhik kānūn)area of law
Hungarian büntetőjog
- büntetőjogarea of law
Icelandic hegningarlög, refsilög
- hegningarlögarea of law
- refsilögarea of law
- refsirétturarea of law
Indonesian hukum pidana
- hukum pidanaarea of law
Italian diritto penale
- diritto penalearea of law
Japanese 刑法
- 刑法area of law
Korean 형법
- 형법 (hyeongbeop)area of law
Lithuanian baudžiamoji teisė
- baudžiamoji teisėarea of law
Malay undang-undang jenayah
- undang-undang jenayaharea of law
Norwegian Bokmål strafferett
- strafferettarea of law
Polish prawo karne
- prawo karnearea of law
Portuguese direito penal, direito criminal
- direito penalarea of law
- direito criminalarea of law
Punjabi ਅਪਰਾਧਿਕ ਕਾਨੂੰਨ
- ਅਪਰਾਧਿਕ ਕਾਨੂੰਨ (aparādhik kānūnn)area of law
Romanian drept penal
- drept penalarea of law
Russian уголо́вное пра́во
- уголо́вное пра́во (ugolóvnoje právo)area of law
Spanish derecho penal
- derecho penalarea of law
Swedish straffrätt
- straffrättarea of law
Vietnamese luật hình sự
- luật hình sựarea of law
Welsh cyfraith trosedd
- cyfraith troseddarea of law
Cite this entry
APA
criminal law. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/criminal%20law
MLA
“criminal law.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/criminal%20law. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “criminal law,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/criminal%20law.
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