criminal conduct

collocation in English

meaningsofcriminalandconduct

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criminal
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈkrɪm.ɪ.nəl/us
/ˈkrɪm.ə.nəl/
relating ...
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conduct
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkɒn.dʌkt/us
/ˈkɑːn.dʌkt/
behaviour:
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(Definition ofcriminalandconductfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A threat, for example, can be a compulsion and thus an excuse forcriminalconduct, but not because it is a cause of that conduct.
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Genuinely blameless individuals do not engage incriminalconduct, even when the positive incentives are profound.
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Moreover, the minority rule offers no entrapment defense to the most serious forms ofcriminalconduct that most typically motivate the desire for preemptive action.
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The same proportion (4 %) had previously received mental care, and in both samples there were only single individuals who had shown antisocial orcriminalconduct.
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Even if there is a prima facie moral duty to obey the law, it surely is not so strong as to make all actualcriminalconductimmoral.
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Incidents involvingcriminalconducton the field of play are treated in the same way as offences committed elsewhere.
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We think that complicity in the death of another person ought still to be properly regarded ascriminalconduct.
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Indeed, it may be said that really it amounted to a finding ofcriminalconduct, of obtaining or attempting to obtain money by false pretences.
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It is fair to say that the complaint is not ofcriminalconductbut of humiliating, vexatious and provocative behaviour.
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It deals with vicarious liability, including for psychological injury, as a consequence ofcriminalconduct.
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I do not think that relates to my argument except as an objection to my choice of phrase in using the words "criminalconduct".
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I do not take the view that thecriminalconductdepends upon the place from which the article is removed.
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These are defined very widely and apply to a wide range ofcriminalconduct.
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If those representations are made, the law must take its course, as with all other allegations ofcriminalconduct.
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We are attempting to makecriminalconductsomething of which the person concerned could not have known and of which he was innocent.
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However regrettable we may regard such a conversion, it does not, of course, constitutecriminalconduct.
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The investigation into those matters has not revealed any evidence ofcriminalconduct.
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In all other cases allegations ofcriminalconductby travelling people are dealt with in the ordinary way by the procurator fiscal.
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I abhor thecriminalconductof this officer.
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