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   crime

   /krʌɪm/

   noun

   • 1. an action or omission which constitutes an offence and is punishable by law: "shoplifting was a serious crime" Similar offenceunlawful actillegal actbreach/violation/infraction of the lawmisdemeanourmisdeedwrongfelonyviolationtransgressionfaultinjurymalfeasancemalefactiontortarchaic:trespass
   • ▪ illegal activities: "the victims of crime" Similar lawbreakingdelinquencywrongdoingtransgressionmisconductcriminalityillegalityvillainyfelonycorruptioninformal:crookednessshadinessdodginessmalfeasancemalefactionarchaic:knaveryrare:malversation
   • ▪ an action or activity considered to be evil, shameful, or wrong: "they condemned apartheid as a crime against humanity" Similar immoral actsinevilevil actionwrongwrongdoingatrocityabominationenormitydisgraceoutragemonstrosityviolationabuseinjusticeaffront

   verb

   • 1. (especially in the army) charge with or find guilty of an offence: informal British "they found the note and I got crimed for it"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘wickedness, sin’): via Old French from Latin crimen ‘judgement, offence’, based on cernere ‘to judge’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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