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Criminal is a popular term used for a person who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime.�

Criminal also means being connected with a crime. When certain acts or people are involved in or related to a crime, they are termed as criminal. For example: �criminal conspiracy,� �criminal taking,� a �criminal gang.�

Some common uses of the term criminal in a legal sense include:

• �Criminal law� is a system of law dealing with law cases involving a crime.
• �Criminal case� involves the government attempting on behalf of its citizens to punish a person for violating its criminal law.
• �Criminal procedure� is the term used for the rules used by a court as it conducts a criminal case from its inception through a trial.