criminal intent

collocation in English

meaningsofcriminalandintent

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criminal
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈkrɪm.ɪ.nəl/us
/ˈkrɪm.ə.nəl/
relating ...
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intent
noun[U]
uk
/ɪnˈtent/us
/ɪnˈtent/
the fact that you want and plan to ...
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(Definition ofcriminalandintentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Many shopkeepers were prosecuted for contravening these requirements: this was probably explained as much by their incapacity to monitor their own businesses as anycriminalintent.
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I think the word 'criminal' has been mentioned here and there are those withcriminalintentwho have been involved in this.
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If there is nocriminalintent, the offence of stealing is not made out.
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There is nocriminalintent, but a desire to give expression to the natural animal spirits that it has.
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Secondly, breathalyser offences required no proof ofcriminalintent, which is classically a jury issue.
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There are mental cases where there was nocriminalintent, for instance.
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We should not implycriminalintentto all aspects of failure.
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If a shopkeeper misjudges the circumstances, he could literally find himself in gaol, not forcriminalintent, but for a misjudgment.
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One out of 100 walkers may cause some damage, either accidentally or withcriminalintent.
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It may be said, of course, that an offence may be due to carelessness, as well as tocriminalintent.
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I do not think that the average person is a criminal, or hascriminalintent.
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Those innocent people have nocriminalintent; they want to enjoy a walk in the countryside or pursue a favourite sport or pastime.
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It is intended to protect people who have a reasonable excuse, whatever that may be, and who have done something without anycriminalintent.
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It has to do with those who enter premises withcriminalintent.
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It is not just wrong that the penalty only requires a person to have formed acriminalintent.
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The position is made worse because it has only to be the opinion of two police officers that he has formed acriminalintent.
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We have no right to say that there is anycriminalintent, it is the effect of bad environment and lack of opportunity.
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I believe that we also need to establish a more equal means of dealing with those who, coached withcriminalintent, destroy their documents.
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The jury came to the conclusion that there was not anycriminalintent.
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