kriminalist

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• kriminàlista (Bosnia, Serbia)

Etymology

From kriminalìstika.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kriminǎlist/
• Hyphenation: kri‧mi‧na‧list

Noun

kriminàlist m (Cyrillic spelling кримина̀лист)

1. criminologist

Declension

Declension of kriminalist

	singular	plural
nominative	kriminalist	kriminalisti
genitive	kriminalista	kriminalista
dative	kriminalistu	kriminalistima
accusative	kriminalista	kriminaliste
vocative	kriminaliste	kriminalisti
locative	kriminalistu	kriminalistima
instrumental	kriminalistom	kriminalistima

References

• “kriminalist”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swedish

Alternative forms

• criminalist, kriminelist (obsolete)

Etymology

kriminal- (“crime”) +‎ -ist (“-ist”). Cognate with English criminalist, French criminaliste, German Kriminalist and Latin criminalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krɪmɪnaˈlɪst/

Noun

kriminalist c

1. (dated, law) a criminalist; a person who owns scientifically vocational training in crime and punishment
   • 1934, Eliel Löfgren, Klockorna i Östervåla‎^[1], page 48:

     Det yttrande av en engelsk kriminalist [Sir Basil Thomson], som citerats i början av detta kapitel [...]

     The opinion of an English criminalist [Sir Basil Thomson], quoted at the beginning of this chapter [...]

2. (obsolete) a criminal

   Synonyms: brottsling, kriminell

   • 1734 August 17, “Anmärkningar mot förslaget till Rättegångsbalk vid 1734 års riksdag”, in Förarbetena till Sveriges rikes lag 8‎^[2]:

     § 32. Som tå mer än halfwa bewijs äro emot en criminalist, han ej kan af domaren aldeles befrias, så måste saken lemnas till framtiden [...]

     § 32. As when more than half the evidence is against a criminal, he can not be completely acquitted by the judge, so the case must be left to the future [...]

Declension

Declension of kriminalist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kriminalist	kriminalists
	definite	kriminalisten	kriminalistens
plural	indefinite	kriminalister	kriminalisters
	definite	kriminalisterna	kriminalisternas

See also

• kriminolog (“criminologist”)

References

• kriminalist in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kriminalist in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1911)