criminaloid

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English

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Etymology

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From criminal +‎ -oid, coined by E. A. Ross in Sin and Society (1907).

Noun

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criminaloid (plural criminaloids)

  1. A person who carries out business in an immoral or exploitative way, but does not necessarily break the law, and is protected from consequences by a veneer of social respectability.
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