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Definition 2024

criminal_law

criminal law

See also: criminal-law

English

Noun

criminal law ‎(plural criminal laws)

(law) The area of law pertaining to crime and punishment.

Coordinate terms

civil law

Translations

area of law

Afrikaans: strafreg
Chinese:
Mandarin: 刑法 (zh) ‎(xíngfǎ), 刑事法 (zh) ‎(xíngshìfǎ)
Czech: trestní právo n
Danish: strafferet c
Dutch: strafrecht (nl) n
Finnish: rikosoikeus (fi), rikoslaki
French: droit pénal (fr) m, droit criminel m
German: Strafrecht (de) n
Icelandic: hegningarlög n pl, refsilög n pl, refsiréttur m

Interlingua: derecto criminal
Italian: diritto penale (it)
Japanese: 刑法 ‎(けいほう keihō)
Korean: 형법 ‎(hyeongbeop) (刑法 (ko))
Portuguese: direito penal (pt) m, direito criminal m
Romanian: dreptul penal
Russian: уголо́вное пра́во n ‎(ugolóvnoje právo)
Spanish: derecho penal m
Swedish: straffrätt
Vietnamese: luật hình sự