Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

criminal

/ˈkɹɪm.ɪ.nəl/ adjective, noun

Forms criminals

adjective Against the law; forbidden by law.
adjective Guilty of breaking the law.
adjective Of or relating to crime or penal law. “His long criminal record suggests that he is a dangerous man.”
adjective (figuratively) Abhorrent or very undesirable. “Printing such asinine opinions is criminal!”
noun A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.

Synonyms

From Middle English cryminal, borrowed from Anglo-Norman criminal, from Late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen (“crime”).

adjective Guilty of crime or sin. The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us criminal in the sight of God. Rogers.
adjective Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; --said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness.
noun One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon.

Etymology [L. criminalis, fr. crimen: cf. F. criminel. See Crime.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “criminal”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “criminal” (best matches first).

अपराधिन् apa-rādhin offending; criminal; guilty.
अपराद्ध apa-rāddha sinned; criminal, guilty; erring.
पापिन् pāpin wicked, sinful, bad; a sinner, criminal.
अकृत्य a-kṛtya not to be done, criminal; ( am ), n. crime.
सापराध sāparādha having faults, faulty, offending, criminal, guilty.
पातकिन् pātakin guilty of a crime, criminal, wicked, sinful, a sinner.
अकार्य a-kārya not to be done, impracticable, improper; ( am ), n. a criminal action.
दोषिन् doṣin becoming defiled or impure or contaminated; faulty, defective; criminal, wicked, bad.