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CRIMINOLOGIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does criminologist mean?
• CRIMINOLOGIST (noun)
The noun CRIMINOLOGIST has 1 sense:
1. a specialist in criminology
Familiarity information: CRIMINOLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A specialist in criminology
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("criminologist" is a kind of...):
specialiser; specialist; specializer (an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning)
Instance hyponyms:
Alphonse Bertillon; Bertillon (French criminologist (1853-1914))
Derivation:
criminology (the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement)
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