crime
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
criminal activity and those engaged in it: to fight crime.
the habitual or frequent commission of crimes: a life of crime.
any offense, serious wrongdoing, or sin.
a foolish, senseless, or shameful act: It's a crime to let that beautiful garden go to ruin.
Origin of crime
1synonym study For crime
Other words for crime
Other words from crime
- crimeless, adjective
- crime·less·ness, noun
- an·ti·crime, adjective
- su·per·crime, noun
Words Nearby crime
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How to use crime in a sentence
Facial recognition, cameras that were set up throughout cities to monitor crime.
Podcast: COVID-19 is helping turn Brazil into a surveillance state | Anthony Green | September 16, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewShe could also qualify for a legal status known as a U visa, which is intended for immigrant victims of crime.
ICE Deported a Woman Who Accused Guards of Sexual Assault While the Feds Were Still Investigating the Incident | by Lomi Kriel | September 15, 2020 | ProPublicaMost crimes committed by documented gang members are crimes of poverty.
While We’re Rethinking Policing, It’s Time to End Gang Injunctions | Jamie Wilson | September 15, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThose results will now be uploaded to an FBI database to be cross-referenced from results from other crimes to potentially identify perpetrators.
Morning Report: Downtown Jail Outbreak Goes From Bad to Worse | Voice of San Diego | September 11, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoIn 2020 as in 1998, Disney’s Mulan is a tomboy who disgracefully fails her matchmaker’s marriage test, and in this version, too, Mulan’s deception is a capital crime.
The history of Mulan, from a 6th-century ballad to the live-action Disney movie | Constance Grady | September 4, 2020 | Vox
Did he denounce the involvement of organized crime in the abduction and disappearance of 43 students in the nearby city of Iguala?
But they say its effect on the regular daily operation of organized crime has been negligible.
The anti-crime cops began searching the likely path of flight.
Which is impossible unless people talk publicly rather than letting each crime be its own isolated incident.
Cover-Ups and Concern Trolls: Actually, It's About Ethics in Suicide Journalism | Arthur Chu | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTDenied parole nine straight times, he insists he is innocent of the crime for which he was convicted.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside | Justin Rohrlich | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was thrashed at school before the Jews and the hubshi, for the heinous crime of bringing home false reports of progress.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingAt that moment the crime and inefficacy of bloodshed, in avenging injuries like his, or any injuries, struck upon his soul.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterHe knew that the whole fabric of crime was due to the human reading of His "revelation" to man.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordHumanity must bench with justice; or punishment itself becomes crime, and degenerates into revenge.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterIt is therefore true that the field of crime is not fixed, is in truth always changing.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney Bolles
British Dictionary definitions for crime
/ (kraɪm) /
an act or omission prohibited and punished by law
unlawful acts in general: a wave of crime
(as modifier): crime wave
an evil act
informal something to be regretted: it is a crime that he died young
Origin of crime
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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