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crime /krʌɪm /noun1An action or omission which constitutes an offence and is punishable by law: shoplifting was a serious crime...- Logic is turned upside down and instead of being punished for their crimes of omission they reap their due reward.
- He said the order had turned the offence of being drunk and disorderly into a crime punishable by up to five years in prison.
- One cannot just walk away from the scene of the crime without admitting wrongdoing.
Synonyms offence, unlawful act, illegal act, breach/violation/infraction of the law, misdemeanour, misdeed, wrong, felony, violation, transgression, fault, injury; Law malfeasance, malefaction, tort archaic trespass 1.1 [mass noun] Illegal activities: the victims of crime...- What of course everyone agrees with is that drug dealing and organised crime should be illegal.
- Crimes such as vandalism, car crime and burglary are an everyday occurrence in Swindon.
- And surely you agree that crime and illegal immigration are getting out of hand.
Synonyms lawbreaking, delinquency, wrongdoing, transgression, misconduct, criminality, illegality, villainy, felony, corruption informal crookedness, shadiness, dodginess Law malfeasance, malefaction archaic knavery rare malversation 1.2An action or activity considered to be evil, shameful, or wrong: they condemned apartheid as a crime against humanity it’s a crime to keep a creature like Willy in a tank...- Any activity that takes away these rights is a crime against nature and humanity.
- To undermine football as happens in certain countries is a deception and a crime against society.
- As I said it was a crime against humanity so that is what he deserved and that is what the rest of them deserve.
Synonyms immoral act, sin, evil, evil action, wrong, wrongdoing, atrocity, abomination, enormity, disgrace, outrage, monstrosity, violation, abuse, injustice, affront verb [with object] British informal(Especially in the army) charge with or find guilty of an offence: they found the note and I got crimed for it...- ‘Once, when a rookie, I was crimed at the Tower for paradin’ with a button missin ’.
OriginMiddle English (in the sense 'wickedness, sin'): via Old French from Latin crimen 'judgement, offence', based on cernere 'to judge'. The early meanings of crime were ‘wickedness’ and ‘sin’. The word comes via Old French from Latin crimen ‘judgement or offence’, which was based on cernere ‘to judge’ also in concern (Late Middle English), recriminate (early 17th century), and discern (Late Middle English). The expression crime doesn't pay was a slogan associated with the 1930s American radio crime series The Shadow, in which it was spoken by the Shadow at the end of each broadcast. It originated earlier, though, and was the title of a silent film in 1912.
Rhymesbegrime, Chaim, chime, climb, clime, dime, grime, half-time, I'm, lime, mime, mistime, part-time, prime, rhyme, rime, slime, sublime, sub-prime, thyme, time |