Sentence examples for criminal means from inspiring English sources

But in everyday language, a criminal is someone who lives by criminal means.

"The Petrobras graft scheme aimed at keeping the Workers' party in power by criminal means".

It is to treat terror as a criminal means of making a point.

But other groups, like the Caliphate, have also used the protection of the Constitution for criminal means, the police say.

The use or threat of use of violence or other criminal means to harm the physical person, reputation, or property of any person.

One is the cornerstone of Britain while a second, which used to be interested in journalism, uses criminal means to appropriate the privileges of British citizens.

I had this idea of what the word criminal meant.

The S.E.C.'s own data suggests that the agency has put increasing emphasis on using non-criminal means, like civil fines and what are known as deferred prosecution agreements, in dealing with allegations of wrongdoing.

Handing the market to criminals means young people from Brixton to Bogota to Baltimore get caught in their crossfire.

"In my opinion, the fact that she was due to marry one of Austria's worst criminals means that she was also connected with death, horror and gas chambers".

"But the task our officers face in making split-second decisions when confronting armed criminals means there is a risk - a very small risk - that this will happen.