How to Use criminal law in a Sentence

criminal law

noun
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  • Yet the criminal law makes these kinds of distinctions all the time.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 20 Mar. 2022
  • House Bill 5 would make a long list of changes to Kentucky’s criminal law.
    — Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The money, great big gobs of it that has led men to break NCAA rules and criminal laws, isn’t going away.
    — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 3 Oct. 2017
  • In the end, the case went down just as many criminal law experts predicted.
    — Andrew Wolfson, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2020
  • There are a lot of questions, said Roth, an expert in criminal law.
    — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Oct. 2021
  • The distinction came much later and only has to do with the criminal law.
    — Slate Magazine, 18 Apr. 2017
  • In fact, in the criminal law, the distinction touches on the nature of evil itself.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 31 July 2021
  • And Ukraine has war crimes as part of its domestic criminal law.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2022
  • After three years as a criminal law clerk at the Perkins Law Group, Martell has joined the team as a criminal defense lawyer.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 31 May 2021
  • The court upheld the guilty verdict against the Swiss banking giant, in a case tried under French criminal law.
    — Nick Kostov, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2021
  • The attorney then went on to practice criminal law in New York and New Jersey.
    — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Variety, 14 Feb. 2022
  • But the scenario in the post is not possible, criminal law experts said.
    — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The turn to criminal law and punitive measures to address public health issues is not new in and of itself.
    — Mary Ziegler and Aziza Ahmed, CNN, 23 Mar. 2022
  • The law was laid down in 1936 under British colonial rule, when English criminal law was imposed on Malaysia.
    — Julia Malleck, Quartz, 24 May 2023
  • That may be, but the rules are backed by criminal law, and those getting caught flouting them will be in serious trouble.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 8 June 2020
  • From then until now, the idea of a president violating criminal law has not been dealt with at the U.S. Supreme Court.
    — Claire B. Wofford, The Conversation, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Fonteneau has been practicing for 18 years, a decade of which were focused on criminal law.
    — Ivana Hrynkiw | Ihrynkiw@al.com, al, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Rather, it is written to shut parents down by creating a new overbroad and vague criminal law that puts fear in their minds.
    — Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Under Chinese criminal law, Mr. Deng faces up to seven years in jail.
    — Sui-Lee Wee and Elsie Chen, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The hypothetical question posed to the panel was, in effect, whether there is a loophole to get around the criminal law.
    — Alexander Raikin, National Review, 14 Sep. 2023
  • In other words, Biden supports D.C. home rule — except on the most basic question of criminal law.
    — The Editors, National Review, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The trebling feature of antitrust law is one reason why some have described it as the most threatening area of the law outside of criminal law.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 July 2024
  • The Supreme Court sent the Sims case back to a lower court to consider whether the scope of the state law was broader than Congress included under the career criminal law.
    — Jess Bravin, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2018
  • The criminal law is not designed to address every human tragedy.
    — Mark T. Mitchell, National Review, 25 Sep. 2020
  • The argument that the President is immune from the criminal laws is just that — an argument.
    — Martin London, Time, 29 Jan. 2018
  • As far as the application of criminal law, much of what is happening today is a retreat to the pre-civil-rights South.
    — Robert L. Woodson Sr., WSJ, 16 Apr. 2021
  • As Nerheim said in a statement Thursday, the safety of the community and the enforcement of the criminal laws are paramount.
    — Dahleen Glanton, chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2019
  • The case touches on how to balance the rights of the accused with those of the public, and core criminal law principles with public policy concerns.
    — Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2021
  • If a visa holder is charged with violating immigration or criminal law, the case often goes before a judge who then has to decide whether the person violated the visa’s terms.
    — Simone Weichselbaum, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Fico, who returned to power in October, has turned the country's foreign policy toward Russia and initiated changes in criminal law and the media rights that have raised concerns in the West.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024

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