criminel
Criminel is a term used in several languages to denote someone who commits crimes or acts related to crime. In French, it functions as an adjective meaning “criminal” and as a noun for a male offender, with the feminine form criminelle. In other languages with related roots, such as Danish or Norwegian, cognates like kriminel or kriminell are used with similar meanings, often as both noun and adjective. In English, the direct equivalent is criminal, though criminel can appear in multilingual texts or loanword usage.
Usage and interpretation: As a noun, criminel identifies a person who has committed or is suspected of
Origins: The word traces to Latin crimen meaning “crime” or “accusation” and entered Romance languages from Latin;