criminal tribe

短语

词形变化

criminal tribes 复数 criminal tribes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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.

    印度 历史

词源

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

来源：wiktionary