Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

criminalese

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
crim-i-nalese
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The argot spoken by criminals.

Uncountable

Etymology

From criminal + -ese.

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Usage

Questions

What does criminalese mean?
The argot spoken by criminals.
Where does criminalese come from?
From criminal + -ese.

How to pronounce criminalese

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