criminal system

collocation in English

meaningsofcriminalandsystem

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criminal
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈkrɪm.ɪ.nəl/us
/ˈkrɪm.ə.nəl/
relating ...
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system
noun
uk
/ˈsɪs.təm/us
/ˈsɪs.təm/
a set of connected things or devices that ...
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(Definition ofcriminalandsystemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcriminal system

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We should, in fact, have administrative sanctions for minor offences rather than thecriminalsystemthat is currently employed in my own country.
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It is not unknown to thecriminalsystemand where it exists it works well.
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I think that would be damaging to our wholecriminalsystem.
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I made a number of suggestions as to how thecriminalsystemcould be altered to save vast amounts of money.
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That is part of thecriminalsystemof the country.
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We know something about criminal procedures and the way in which thecriminalsystemworks in this country.
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It would be intolerable for the police to have to play such a role in ourcriminalsystem.
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The judgment laid down a principle of the value of the probation order in ourcriminalsystem.
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One is building here an enormously clumsy apparatus and introducing into thecriminalsystemrigidities which we could simply well do without.
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Does he think that it plays any part in thecriminalsystem?
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He deals with thecriminalsystemof his time.
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In thecriminalsystem, the liberty of the individual is at stake.
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The correct way to impose additional days is to take the prisoner through thecriminalsystem.
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It is important that we should understand the origin of capital punishment and how it came into ourcriminalsystem.
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Those principles weight thecriminalsystemin favour of the defendant to ensure that we all have a fighting chance.
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It is vital to our democracy andcriminalsystemthat nobody is deprived of liberty after trial by jury unless certainty has been reached.
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One cannot operate acriminalsystemon that kind of approach.
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