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lieutenant criminel

French, noun

lieutenant criminel is spelled L-I-E-U-T-E-N-A-N-T-C-R-I-M-I-N-E-L (18 letters). Lieutenant criminel is a French masculine noun meaning “A judge overseeing criminal prosecutions, particularly the chief such magistrate in Paris, France, under the Ancien Regime” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does lieutenant criminel mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineA judge overseeing criminal prosecutions, particularly the chief such magistrate in Paris, France, under the Ancien Regime.

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of lieutenant criminel

  • lieutenants criminels plural
  • lieutenant-criminel alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

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