Fingerprint ridges are compared under magnification to establish whether the criminal identified by earlier evidence was the same person.
指纹纹路会在放大镜下比对，以确定先前证据指认的罪犯是否为同一人。
Which choice best defines “criminal”?
D — A person who has committed a crime. “criminal” means a person who has committed a crime.
Which word means “a person who has committed a crime”?
C — criminal. “criminal” means a person who has committed a crime.
criminal — a person who has committed a crime. In Chinese: 罪犯.
criminal is pronounced /ˈkrɪmɪnəl/.
Fingerprint ridges are compared under magnification to establish whether the criminal identified by earlier evidence was the same person. (指纹纹路会在放大镜下比对，以确定先前证据指认的罪犯是否为同一人。)
offender, culprit, lawbreaker — all close in meaning to criminal (a person who has committed a crime).
Yes. criminal is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.