what does criminal negligence mean?

CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE as NOUN

Meaning
- (law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences)
Synonym(s)
- culpable negligence (what does culpable negligence mean?)
Hypernyms(s) criminal negligence is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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