crime
noun
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.
supercrime
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a word derived from
crime.
Example Sentences
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Rowan and Martin's summer replacement is anything but a laughin: three supercrime fighters, who tackle next-to-impossible missions assigned to them by Nemesis, an international organization dedicated to law, order and peace.
From Time Magazine Archive
Copyright infringement, especially on the Net, is a supercrime.
From Ebooks: Neither E, Nor Books by Cory Doctorow
