Criminality

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140. Criminality (See also Outlawry.)

  1. Murgatroyd, Sir Despard baronet forced by his ancestors to perform a crime a day. [Br. Opera: Gilbert and Sullivan Ruddigore ]
  2. Newgate Calendar popular volumes on notorious crimes, published from 1773 to 1826. [Br. Lit.: Barnhart, 810]

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