Word definition: crime

Etimology


From Middle English cryme, crime, from Old French crime, crimne, from Latin crīmen. Displaced native Old English firen.

noun


crime (countable and uncountable, plural crimes)

(countable) A specific act committed in violation of the law.

(countable) Any great sin or wickedness; iniquity.

(countable, obsolete) That which occasions crime.

(uncountable) Criminal acts collectively.

(uncountable) The habit or practice of committing crimes.

Examples


No crime was thine, if 'tis no crime to love.

the tree of life, the crime of our first father's fall

Synonyms: criminality, delinquency

Crime doesn’t pay.

Related words


hyponyms

crime against humanity

crime against nature

crime of passion

criminal act

felony

hate crime

high crime

international crime

misdemeanor, misdemeanour

organised crime, organized crime

petty crime

postcrime

regulatory offence

sex crime

sexual offence

summary crime

time crime

war crime

white collar crime

verb


crime (third-person singular simple present crimes, present participle criming, simple past and past participle crimed)

(UK, military, transitive) To subject to disciplinary punishment.

(nonce word) To commit crime.

Examples


Nevertheless, in the course of a few days he is again intoxicated, creates disturbance in his quarters, is confined by his sergeant, crimed, and brought before the commanding officer […]

If, during the 1920s, the master criminal was a gamester, criming for self expression, during the 1930s he performed in other ways for other purposes.

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