criminal neglect

collocation in English

meaningsofcriminalandneglect

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criminal
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈkrɪm.ɪ.nəl/us
/ˈkrɪm.ə.nəl/
relating ...
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neglect
noun[U]
uk
/nɪˈɡlekt/us
/nɪˈɡlekt/
a situation in which you do not give enough care or attention to someone or something, or the state of not receiving enough care ...
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(Definition ofcriminalandneglectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There has been almostcriminalneglectin this regard.
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It was a contingency, and we should have been guilty ofcriminalneglectif we had not thought of it.
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It would also be, perhaps, almostcriminalneglectof a national asset.
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If that had been allowed to happen, what an episode ofcriminalneglectthat would have been.
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I say that it should be considered almostcriminalneglecton the part of those responsible in years gone by.
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One of the reasons why they lost was theircriminalneglectto deal with crime in their manifesto.
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I suggest that to give up would amount tocriminalneglectof the interests of those whom we claim to represent.
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The courts, in dealing with any case ofcriminalneglect, always impose an obligation on the prosecution to prove something more than mere neglect.
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They had acquitted them ofcriminalneglect, but had found that they were guilty of carelessness.
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That, in itself, representscriminalneglectof the situation—there is no doubt about it.
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I regard it as verging oncriminalneglectto leave out of account the position of these old-age pensioners.
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If this is not treated as a matter of urgency, it will becriminalneglect.
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We have them because of thecriminalneglectof the party opposite.
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If they do, they will be culpable ofcriminalneglect.
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First, it took the form ofcriminalneglectof persons for whom he was medically responsible, so that by reason of that neglect they were acutely in need.
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