crime
Meaning of crime
noun
- an action or omission which constitutes an offence and is punishable by law.
shoplifting was a serious crime
- (especially in the army) charge with or find guilty of an offence.
they found the note and I got crimed for it
Middle English (in the sense ‘wickedness, sin’): via Old French from Latin crimen ‘judgement, offence’, based on cernere ‘to judge’.
Information about crime
- The plural form of crime is: crimes.
- Languages in which crime is used:
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GalicianHyphenation of crime
crime
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- crime is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
crime synonyms
Meaning a minor wrongdoing:
Meaning a wicked or illegal act:
Meaning an unjust, dishonest, or immoral act:
Meaning a crime regarded in the US and many other judicial systems as more serious than a misdemeanour:
Meaning the action of violating someone or something:
Meaning an act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct; an offence:
Meaning an unattractive or unsatisfactory feature, especially in a piece of work or in a person's character:
Meaning an instance of being injured:
Meaning wrongdoing, especially (US) by a public official:
Meaning a wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to legal liability:
Meaning a sin or offence:
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Anagrams of crime
Words that rhyme with crime
rime, anticrime, autocrime, becrime, escrime, noncrime, scrime, supercrime, uncrime, cybercrime, thoughtcrime, woodrime, berime, nisterime, begrime, grime, monorime, Prime, antiprime, emprime, imprime, prime, primoprime, reprime, supprime, unprime, trime
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