How to Use criminality in a Sentence

criminality

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  • What steps has the company taken to prevent criminality within its ranks?
    — Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY, 2 July 2021
  • Leitess said the meticulous planning proves Ramos understood the criminality of his actions.
    — Brian Witte, Star Tribune, 8 July 2021
  • There’s something about this kind of criminality and these menageries, there’s an association with power and prestige to have wild animals, to be the master of your own menagerie.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2024
  • There is a widespread concern among conservatives that the U.S. is not doing enough to prevent criminality.
    — Sean-Michael Pigeon, National Review, 30 June 2021
  • But Hinton points out that most instances of mass criminality were historically perpetrated by whites.
    — Seth Stern, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2021
  • Patel testified that Ramos was in control of his behavior, understood its criminality and regretted not killing more people in the newsroom that day.
    — Washington Post, 15 July 2021
  • Patel testified that Ramos was in control of his behavior, understood its criminality, and regretted not killing more people in the newsroom that day.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2021
  • His criminality has a purpose: to avenge the murder of his father and the crime he was framed for.
    — Chandra Steele, PCMAG, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Follow the money, power and criminality and bring it to the doorstep of the gazillionaires who have the most to lose.
    — Steve Andriole, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021
  • There are degrees of criminality, and, of course, the murder of the child stands as the ultimate.
    — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The screenplay is by Zach Helm and Sam Levinson, who do their best to leave the criminality in suspense.
    — The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2022
  • By the time states recognized the extent of the criminality, the spigot of cash had been gushing for months.
    — NBC News, 15 Aug. 2021
  • There is a high risk of alcohol and drug abuse, and criminality.
    — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Dec. 2022
  • There is no criminality happening on the part of our staff.
    — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Yet, both of them have been putting up with the escalating criminality of these protesters for months.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 24 June 2024
  • Either way, even Fox is beginning to admit the nature of Trump’s criminality—and that most of America sees him in that way too.
    — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 9 May 2023
  • Throughout the series run, Ada has been a continuous victim, both of the Shelby’s own criminality and the convenience of the plot.
    — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 9 June 2022
  • Indeed, from malaise to criminality to blight, so much of the modern urban experience seems to mirror what cities went through in that fraught decade.
    — Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Cazes' criminality, by contrast, seemed to be channeled entirely through the opaque aperture of the dark web, safely behind the veil of Bitcoin's blockchain.
    — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The district is a mini-Atlantic City, barely half a mile long with every form of criminality on display.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Nixon's low road spawned a sprawling and unpredictable culture of criminality, but the president wasn't looped in on the Watergate break-in.
    — CBS News, 12 June 2022
  • This idea of inherent Romani criminality goes all the way up through the 20th century.
    — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
  • More than a year later, there still is no evidence of criminality.
    — Farnoush Amiri and Colleen Long, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Their discontent is the clearest register of the regime’s criminality and the most visible sign of its decay.
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 24 Sep. 2022
  • West Baltimore had one of the highest murder rates in the nation and had become a symbol of Black criminality and urban decay.
    — John Blake, CNN, 2 May 2023
  • With crack cocaine Gates saw only criminality, where Bass saw a health crisis.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2022
  • Todd Garrison, the police chief in North Port, said no criminality is suspected at this time.
    — Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Whether Georgia district attorney Fanni Willis can make her case or not, the mug shot implies an air of criminality.
    — Jason Parham, WIRED, 28 Aug. 2023
  • To many voters, criminality is an attraction, not a turn-off.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 3 June 2024
  • But if a report of criminality or injustice left them feeling outraged, they would be compelled to share.
    — P. W. Singer, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2023

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