French Conversation · Level 55
73 words
French word
criminalité
Pronunciation
IPA/kʁiminalite/
Meaning
- feminine nouncrime
Example
La criminalité augmente dans ce quartier.
Crime is on the rise in this neighborhood.
More examples
La société exige des mesures pour réduire la criminalité.
Society calls for measures to reduce crime.
Core concept
The overall level and mix of offenses recorded in a particular area.
Common phrases
réduction de la criminalité
crime reduction
criminalité économique
economic crime
répression de la criminalité
crackdown on crime
Similar words
crime: A serious illegal act such as murder or robbery, carrying a severe penalty.
délinquance: Widespread everyday offending, including youth misconduct and petty theft.
délit: A criminal offense punishable by a fine or a short prison term.
infraction: A violation of the law, often a traffic offense punished by a fine.
Definition in French
La criminalité se réfère au nombre et à la nature des infractions pénales observées dans un lieu donné.
Word origin
Criminalité entered French through the Latin-based form criminalitas, whose base crimen denotes an offense and whose ending creates an abstract noun.
Usage tips
- For a person's tendency or criminal nature, French generally uses caractère criminel or a related expression rather than criminalité.
Other meanings
- criminalitynoun
Opposites
- légalitélegalitynoun
Related words
- criminalisécriminalizedadjective
- criminalisercriminalizeverb