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.