criminal conviction

collocation in English

meaningsofcriminalandconviction

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criminal
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈkrɪm.ɪ.nəl/us
/ˈkrɪm.ə.nəl/
relating ...
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conviction
noun
uk
/kənˈvɪk.ʃən/us
/kənˈvɪk.ʃən/
the fact of officially being found to be guilty of a particular crime, or the act of officially finding ...
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(Definition ofcriminalandconvictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Pure preemption is different from eithercriminalconvictionor traditional civil commitment.
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But privately inflicted sanctions cannot substitute wholly or in part for stateinflicted sanctions following acriminalconviction.
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Parentcriminalconvictionwas measured by parental report in 1998, when parents' ages ranged from 40 to 75.
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My noble friend asked in how many cases in the past 10 years police pensions had been forfeited followingcriminalconviction.
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They should be available when there is insufficient evidence for acriminalconvictionbut sufficient justification for safeguards to be put in place.
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Our proposals for a new system ofcriminalconvictionand criminal record checks will offer greater protection to vulnerable groups.
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That can sometimes mean that the individual is detained before sufficient evidence is available to secure acriminalconviction.
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Thecriminalconvictioncertificate will simply provide a way for employers and others to check the accuracy of information which they may lawfully seek.
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It is departmental policy to discipline staff who are found guilty bycriminalconvictionor internal procedure of falsifying travel and subsistence claims.
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We shall considercriminalconvictioncertificates as part of this review.
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Thecriminalconvictioncertificate will allow employers to be sure that the information they have been given is full and accurate.
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In my view, there was no evidence which could have led to acriminalconviction.
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That dilemma concerns us, which is why we want provision made for acriminalconviction.
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It has been suggested that acriminalconvictionhere might put a person at risk of persecution at home.
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Spent convictions do not have to be disclosed in most circumstances andcriminalconvictioncertificates will not show spent convictions.
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He is entitled to ask that at present and thecriminalconvictioncertificate will be a means of checking that someone has told the truth.
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I understand that disclosure of thecriminalconvictioncertificate will be a matter for the individual.
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Imprisonment following acriminalconvictionis in a wholly different category.
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There may be instances where a court finds that a case for acriminalconvictionhas not been made out.
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I understand that he was convicted of manslaughter—acriminalconviction, of course—and received a suspended sentence of 18 months imprisonment.
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