criminal negligence

noun

Failure to use reasonable care, and thus put someone at risk of injury or death.

Similar
culpable negligence
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Meanings

nouncriminal negligence (usually uncountable, plural criminal negligences)

plural criminal negligences

  1. uncountableusuallylawFailure to use reasonable care, and thus put someone at risk of injury or death.

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences)

Similar
culpable negligence
Broader
negligencecarelessnessneglect
Also see
culpable negligence

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish huolimattomuus
  • huolimattomuusfailure to use reasonable care
Russian престу́пная хала́тность
  • престу́пная хала́тность (prestúpnaja xalátnostʹ)failure to use reasonable care
Cite this entry
APA

criminal negligence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/criminal%20negligence

MLA

“criminal negligence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/criminal%20negligence. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “criminal negligence,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/criminal%20negligence.

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