criminal 
AH alii lias its root in the pi rn-rted ilin|Mltloiis, de- 
sires, and allcetions which constitute Ihc i/.'/irmW state 
of the will. A. A. //'''/., outlines of Theology, xvl. i 4. 
TliMic.'h lie. iilj.nis and earel.-. ..! n .liainl, hi' could 
hardlv br called extremely <linnlul<'. 
H'/ii/./*', KM. anil Rev., I IN 
He | Wychcrlcy] appears to have led, during a long emir-.- 
of years, that must wretched life', the life of a IICI'IIHK nlil 
boy at).. nt town. \\., .,ni.>n, 1'omic iMamatisU. 
And (iiiincvcre . . . desired his name, and sent 
Her in. lid, !, tu demand it of the dwarf; 
Who Ii. in- piaioiki, nlii, and irritahle, . . . 
Made amwer .sharply that slit should nut know. 
/'c/lmw,ll, (0-railll. 
II. . A person who has committed a pun- 
ishable offense against public law; more par- 
ticularly, a person convicted of a punishable 
public offense on proof or confession. 
The mawkish sympathy of good and soft headed women 
with the most degndM I persistent criminal* of the 
male sex is one of the signs of an unhealthy puhlic sent! 
in. nt. If. A. Kev., CXI,. 21)3. 
Habitual criminal, i '"', one of H class rccognl/i d hy 
model ii !CL;I -lai !<>n aspunishah]e !>> reason of criminal past 
history and itinned eriininal associations and demoral- 
ized life maintained without means of honest subsistence, 
as distinguished {mm adequate evidence of any single new 
specihc otteiise ; or, if not piiMJsliahlc solely therefor, Ha- 
hli- to arrest on suspicion of criminal intentions. = Syn. 
Culprit, malefactor, evil doer, transgressor, felon, convict. 
criminalist (krim'i-nal-ist), . [= F. erimina- 
lislr = Sp. Pg. It. criiii'iiiiilixtu ; us criminal (law) 
4- -i*t.] An authority in criminal law; one 
versed in criminal law. 
Experienced c;-/m/,m//'>v.v vowed they hail never een 
such a shamelessly impudent specimen of humanity. 
Lowe, Bismarck, II. 4:14. 
criminality (krim-i-nal'i-ti), n. [= F. crimina- 
li!, : = Sp. i-riniialidad = Pg. criminalidade = lt. 
crimiiialita, < ML. criminalita(t-)s, < LL. crimi- 
nalin, criminal: see rriniiinil and -ity.] The 
quality or state of being criminal ; that which 
constitutes a crime ; guiltiness. 
With the single exception of the Jews, no class held that 
doctrine of the criminality of error which has been the 
parent of most modern persecutions. 
Leckij, Europ. Morals, I. 475. 
A very great distinction obtains l>etween the conscience 
of crimhmlitit and the conscience of sin, between the mere 
doing of evil and the feeling oneself to he evil. 
//. Januii, Subs, anil .-hail., p. 180. 
Not only have artificial punishments failed to produce 
reformation, but they have in many cases increased the 
criminality. H. Spencer, Education, p. 17". 
criminally (krim'i-nal-i), adv. In a criminal 
manner or spirit ; with violation of public law ; 
with reference to criminal law. 
A physician who, after years of study, has gained a com- 
petent knowledge of physiology, pathology, and therapeu- 
tics, Is not held criminally res|K>nsible if a man dies under 
his treatment. //. Spencer, Man vs. Htate, p. 77. 
criminalness (krini'i-nal-nes), n. Criminality. 
criminate (krim'i-nat), r. t. ; pret. and pp. crim- 
inated, ppr. criminating. [< L. criminatus, pp. 
ofcriminari (> It. criminare = Sp. Pg. criminar 
= OF. criminer), accuse of crime, < crimen (cri- 
min-), crime : see crime. Cf. accriminatr, incrim- 
inate, recriminate.'} 1. To charge with a crime ; 
declare to be guilty of a crime. 
To criminate, with the heavy and ungrounded charge of 
disloyalty and disaffection, an incorrupt, I ndependeiit, and 
reforming Parliament. 
Burke, On the Speech from the Throne. 
2. To involve in the commission or the conse- 
quences of a crime ; incriminate ; reflexively, 
manifest or disclose the commission of crime 
by. 
Our municipal laws do not require the offender to plead 
guilty or i-riiuiitiitf himself. Scott. 
3. To censure or hold up to censure ; iiiveigh 
against or blame as criminal ; impugn. [Rare.] 
As the spirit of party, in different degrees, must be ex- 
pected toinfeet all ixditlcftl I ii idies, there will he, no doubt, 
persons in the national legislature willing enough to ar- 
raign the measures ami cn'n'it<if'- the views of the major- 
ity A. Unniitlnn. Federalist, No. xxvl. 
He (Sir John Eliot] descends to frimimtte the duke's 
niaunitlci -nt tables ; he who had something of a congenial 
nature ; for Kliot was a man of flue literature. 
/. Dlmitli, Curios, of Lit., IV. 379. 
To criminate one's self, ti i furnish evidence of one's own 
guilt, or of a fact which may he a link iu a chain of evi- 
dence to that effect : said of an accused person or of a wit- 
ness. 
crimination (krim-i-iia'shon), . [= OF. criini- 
iiiitiini Sp. criniinitcion (obs. ; now acrimiiui- 
rioii) 1'e/. i-riminiicflo = It. criminal/one, < L. 
crinii>tlii>(n-), < criiiiiimri. pp. criminatnn, crimi- 
nate: s ( > friiniiui/t'.] The act of criminating, 
in any sense of the word ; accusation ; charge. 
The pulpits runu with mutual fintn xltinllH. 
Miluniii. Latin Christianity, xi. 2. 
The time of the I'rivy Council was oeell|.ied li\ the (Tim- 
innli'ni* and reeriniinatiims of the ad\t -rse patties. 
Maeaiilu'i. Hist. Eng., vii. 
1351 
criminative (krim'i-na-tiv), a. [< criminate + 
-ive.] Kcliiting to or involving crimination or 
iicciisiitiuii : accusing. 
eliminator (krim'i -11:1 -tiir), ii. [= Hp. acrimi- 
nuilor = Pg. erimiiiailiir = It. criinimiture, < \i. 
criminator, an accuser, < rniainari, pp. criiiii- 
ntiliin, accuse: sn- n-imniati'.'] One who crimi- 
nates ; an accuser ; a calumniator. 
He may Iw amiable, but, if he is, my feelings are Han, 
and I have IK-CM so long accustomed to trust to them in 
these cases that the opinion of the world Is not tin lik. li< -t 
i <;,,"> >i rf"i- to impeach their credibility. 
>/,.//. i/, in Dowden, I. 234. 
criminatory (krim'i-mi-to-ri), a. [< L. as if 
"criminatoriui, < criminator, an accuser: see 
i-riniinator.] Involving accusation ; crimina- 
tive. 
crimine, crimini(krim'i-ne, -ni), inter/. [Appar. 
a mere ejaculation, but perhaps a variation of 
gemini, which is similarly used.] An exclama- 
tion of surprise or impatience. 
Ob ! crimine ! Conyrcve, Double Dealer, !>. i. 
Ci-ii/niti. jluiini. 
Did you ever hear such a niniminy pimminy 
Story as Leigh Hunts Klmini '.' Byron. 
criminologist (krim-i-noro-jist), n. [< L. cri- 
men (crimin-), a crime, + Gr. ->o~ t ia, < 7^ttv, 
say, discuss: see crime and -vliMiy.] One who 
studies crimes with reference to their origin, 
propagation, prevention, punishment, etc. 
The point of view of the two schools of 
In Italy, the classical or spiritualistic school, and the an- 
thropological school which differ not only In their then- 
retical conceptions, but also in their practical conclusions 
upon the application of punishment. Science, IX. 220. 
criminous (krim'i-nus), a. [= OF. crimineux 
= Sp. Pg. It. criminoso, < L. criminosus, full of 
reproaches, accusatory, ML. criminal, < crimen 
(crimin-), accusation, crime: see crime.] Involv- 
ing or guilty of crime ; criminal ; wicked. 
More estranged than )>eforetlme through . . . slanders 
and criminotig imputations. 
Holland, tr. of Suetonius, p. 04. 
No marvel then, if being as deeply criminoun as the Earle 
himselfe, it stung his conscience to adjudge to death those 
misdeeds whereof himselfe had bin the chiefe Author. 
Milton, Elkonoklastes, ii. 
We have seen the importance which the jurisdiction 
over criminouf clerks assumed In the first quarrel between 
Becket and Henry II. Stubb*, Const. Hist., t SUM. 
criminouslyt (krim'i-nus-li), adv. Criminally ; 
wickedly. 
criminousnesst (krim'i-uus-nes). H. Criminal- 
ity. 
crimosint, n. and a. An obsolete form of crim- 
crimp (krimp), r. [< ME.'crimpen (found only 
as in freq. crimple and other denvatives) = MD. 
D. krimpen = MLG. LG. krimpen = OHG. chrim- 
phan, Krimfan, MHG. krimphen, krimpfen. (a 
strong verb, pret. kramn, pp. krumpen), bend 
together, contract, shrink, shrivel, diminish (cf. 
Sw. krympa = Dan. krympe, shrink, prob. from 
LG.): in form the orig. verb of which cramp 1 , 
crump, crimple, crumple are secondary or deriv. 
forms : see cramp 1 , v. and n., and cf. crim, cram.] 
I. trans. 1. To bend back or in want; draw to- 
gether ; contract or cause to contract or shrink ; 
corrugate. Specifically 2. To bend (the up- 
pers of boots) into shape. 3. To indent (a 
cartridge-case), or turn the end inward and 
back upon the head, in order to confine the 
charge; crease. 4. To cause to contract and 
pucker so as to become wrinkled, wavy, or 
crisped, as the hair; form into short curls or 
ruffles; flute; ruffle. 
The comely hostess in a crimped cap. Irriivt. 
To crimp the little frill that bordered his shirt collar. 
Dickens. 
5. In cookery, to crimple or cause to contract 
or wrinkle, as the flesh of a live fish or of one 
just killed, by gashing it with a knife, to give it 
greater firmness and make it more crisp when 
cooked. 
My brother Temple, although he Is fond of fish, will 
never taste anything that has been crimped alive. 
J. Moore, Edward. 
Those who attempted resistance were crimpcti alive, like 
flshes. Motley, Dutch Republic, II. 422. 
6. To pinch and hold ; seize. [Eng.] Hence 
7. To kidnap ; decoy for the purpose of ship- 
ping or enlisting, as into the army or navy. See 
the extract. 
The crintfnu'i of men i-. the decoding them into a re- 
sort where they can IK- detained until they are handed 
o\, r to a shipper or recruiter, like tlsli kept in a stew till 
wanted for the table. V. wuf Q., Mk Mr., D 
II. intrans. To be very stingy. [Prov. Eng.] 
crimp (krimp), n. [< crimp, r.] 1. That which 
has been crimped or curled ; a curl or a waved 
crimson-warm 
lock of hair: gcin-nilh IIM-I! in tin- plural. 2. 
A crimper. 3. Oiu- who brings pcr-uns into a 
plact- or condition of n-striiint. in order to Mili- 
jcct tin-in tn swiiiilliii";. 1'iirci-il labor. ( ,r tin- liki-; 
especially, one who, for a commission, supplic.- 
ri-cruits for the army or Huilm-s tin- ships by m-- 
fariiin- nn-an- "r faUi- iiiiliici-iiii-iits: a ill \ : 
a kidnapper. .Such practices have been sup- 
pressed in the army and navy, ami n a-l- high- 
ly penal in connection with merchant ships. 
The kldnapliinu 
Took the foolish voting imp 
Oil board of his cutter so trim and so jimp. 
Barhaiti, Ingold-shy I.e^en.U, I. 292. 
Great numbers of young men were inveigled or kid- 
napped by .-,/,,/;.* In lu (the East India ('ompan)'sl s< nice. 
confined often for long periods, and with i lrcuiii.Lanc.es 
of the moat aggravated cruelty. In secret dc|>6tA which ex- 
isted In the heart of London, and at last, in the dead of 
night, shipped for n judo-tan. 
Le dry, Eng. In 18th Cent., lii. 
4t. A certain game at cards. 
Laugh and keep company at gleek or crimp. 
I: ./n/iwi/i, .Magnetick Lady, II. 1. 
crimpt (krimp), a. [Related to crimp, r., as 
crump 1 , a., to crump 1 , p.] 1. Easily crumbled ; 
friable ; brittle ; crisp. 
The fowler . . . 
Treads the cri'm/; earth. 
J. Philip,, Cider, II. 
2. Not consistent ; contradictory. 
The evidence Is crimp, the witnesses swear liackwanls 
and forwards, and contradict themselves. 
Arbuthnat, John Bull. 
crimpage (krim'paj), . [< crimp + -age.] The 
act of crimping. 'Maunder. 
crimper (krim'per), n. One who or that which 
crimps or corrugates. Specifically (a) A machine 
for stretching and forming the uppers of lioots and shoes, 
(b) An apparatus for betiding leather into various shapes, 
used in harness-making, {c) A double pin or other de- 
vice for crimping the hair. (>() An apparatus consisting 
of a pair of tinted rolls for ruffling or tinting fabrics. () A 
machine for Itt-nding wire Into corrugations previous to 
weaving it Into wire cloth. (/) A stamping-press for 
forming tinware, (g) A machine for swaging the ends of 
hlind slats, (h) A tool for crimping cartridge-cases. 
crimping-board (krim'ping-bord), . A piece 
of hard wood used to raise the grain of leather 
in the process of tanning; a graining-board. 
crimping-house (krim'ping-hous), n. A low 
resort to which men are decoyed for the pur- 
pose of confining and controlling them, and 
forcing them to enter the army, navy, or mer- 
chant service. See crimp, n., 3. 
crimping-iron(krim'piiig-i'<-rn), . 1. An im- 
plement for tinting ruffles on garments. 2. 
An implement for crimping the hair. 
crimping-machine (krim'ping-ma-shen'), n. A 
machine for crimping or fluting. 
crimple (krim'pl), r. t. ; pret. and pp. crimpled, 
ppr. crimpling. [< ME. crimplen (spelled crym- 
plyn), freq. of crimp, q. v.] To contract or 
draw together ; cause to shrink or pucker ; curl ; 
corrugate. 
He passed the cautery through them, and accordingly 
crimpletl them up. H'iicman, Surgery. 
crimplet, ". [< ME. crympylle ; from the verb.] 
A rumple. 
crimp-press (krimp ' pres), n. A crimper or 
crimping-machine pad crimp-press. In karneti- 
tanking, a pad-crimp. 
crimson (krim'zn), n. and a. [Early mod. E. 
also crimosin, cremosin, < ME. crimosin, with 
many variants, cramosin, cremosyn^ crimisine, 
etc., < OF. "cramnisin, cramoisyne, crimson, car- 
mine: see further under carmine, which is a 
doublet of crimson.] I. n. A highly chromatic 
red color somewhat inclining toward purple, 
like that of an alkaline infusion of cochineal, 
or of red wine a year or two old; deep red. 
A maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimmn of mod- 
esty. Xhat., Hen. V., V. i 
II. n. Of a red color inclining to purple ; 
deep-red. 
Beauty's ensiyn jet 
Iscrimnm in thy lips and in th\ eh. , k- 
Miik.. K. and .1.. v. :t. 
The crimson stream dlstain'd his arms. Drjptrn. 
Crimson (krim'zul, r. [< crimxim, .] I. trans. 
To dye with crimson ; make crimson. 
And felt my blood 
Glow with the glow that slowly rriuuon'J all 
Thy presence. itbonus. 
II. intrans. To become of a deep-red color ; 
be tinged with red ; blush: as, her cheeks crim- 
soned. 
Ancient towers . . . lieginning to i-ri'uiiii with the ra- 
diant lustre of a cloudless July morning. De <tiafry. 
crimson-warm (krirn'zn-warm), . Warm to 
redness. 
