No. 2,500 in Portuguese
criminais
"Criminais" means "criminals" or "related to crime" in English.
In a sentence
Os documentos criminais serão revisados pelo advogado.
The criminal documents will be reviewed by the lawyer.
Here, 'criminais' is used as an adjective to describe 'documentos', indicating they are related to crimes.
As palavras criminais do texto causaram preocupação nos leitores.
The criminal words in the text caused concern among the readers.
In this example, 'criminais' serves as an adjective modifying 'palavras', suggesting that the words pertain to or are characteristic of crime.
As investigações criminais estão em andamento.
The criminal investigations are ongoing.
'Criminais' in this case qualifies 'investigações', meaning the investigations are related to matters of crime.
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