criminaloid
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From criminal + -oid, coined by E. A. Ross in Sin and Society (1907).
Noun
[edit]criminaloid (plural criminaloids)
- 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.