English Explanatory Dictionary

criminal tribe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a caste or tribe in British India that is deemed by authorities in "addicted to the systematic commission of non-bailable offences", and was subjected to extensive police surveillance and registration.

Word forms

criminal tribe criminal tribes

Etymology

From criminal + tribe. First defined and introduced in Indian law by the Criminal Tribes Act 1871.

Related words

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