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criminaloid

noun

Etymology

From criminal + -oid, coined by E. A. Ross in Sin and Society (1907).

  1. derived from crimen
  2. derived from criminalis
  3. derived from criminal
  4. inherited from cryminal
  5. suffixed as criminaloid — “criminal + oid”

Definitions

  1. A person who carries out business in an immoral or exploitative way, but does not…

    A person who carries out business in an immoral or exploitative way, but does not necessarily break the law, and is protected from consequences by a veneer of social respectability.

The neighborhood

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