"criminal thoughts" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe ideas, plans, or intentions of doing something illegal or unlawful. For example, "He had criminal thoughts about robbing the bank."
He cultivated a persona of benign eccentricity that masked his obsessions and criminal thoughts".
The fabric, he said, was 'thick as thieves' - the censorious superego muscles in to reprove his fantasy and accuse him of entertaining criminal thoughts.
"Nine out of 10 times, if that person had any criminal thoughts, they're not going to come to a police station," Hess said.
I don't do drugs anymore and I am generally a law-abiding citizen--they can't arrest you for immoral or criminal thoughts.
In one section the team writes: "The close resemblance to real life sceneries (sic) in video games may have opened a 'Pandora's Box' for some players". This emotive metaphor comes after long sections cross-headed 'Criminal thoughts' and 'Dangerous behaviour', detailing some violent game-related fantasies apparently experienced by interviewees.
"Two big issues will dominate criminal practitioners' thoughts in 2012: funding and policing.
The experts' public report will include recommendations for particularly difficult removal requests (such as criminal convictions); thoughts on the implications of the court's decision for European internet users, news publishers, search engines and others; and procedural steps that could improve accountability and transparency for websites and citizens.
There are also redemption stories from former inmates who talk about the struggle to find work with a criminal history, thoughts on preventative measures for keeping people out of jail in the first place, and much more.
For those facing criminal charges, the thought of pleading guilty may be abhorrent, especially in the current environment, in which substantial prison terms are being meted out for insider trading.
His office said Ms. Stewart was being prosecuted only for her criminal acts, not her thoughts, advocacy, or "association with unpopular groups or ideas".
If the task force had abandoned any thoughts of criminal prosecution with Schneiderman's assent, it would be a political and legal bombshell.
