paracriminal
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Associated with or profiting from crime without actually being illegal.
Example Sentences
- "The only exception is the paracriminal class already mentioned, the fences and other middlemen who enable thieves to be in society but not of it."
- "Different types of paracriminal activities increase with reduced law enforcement."
- "Many of the youth became saboteurs while others became “paracriminal juveniles” (Kater, 2004, p. 115)"