criminal possession

1. 1.

   (law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed under certain circumstances

   Broaderpossession

   Narrowerillegal possession

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Questions about criminal possession

What does criminal possession mean?

criminal possession means "(law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed under certain circumstances".

Is criminal possession a common word?

criminal possession is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.