crimes

Meaning of crimes

plural noun
  1. an action or omission which constitutes an offence and is punishable by law.
    shoplifting was a serious crime
verb, 3rd person present
  1. (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 crimes

Hyphenation of crimes

crimes

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • crimes is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

crimes synonyms

Meaning a minor wrongdoing:

misdemeanour

Meaning a wicked or illegal act:

misdeed

Meaning an unjust, dishonest, or immoral act:

wrong

Meaning a crime regarded in the US and many other judicial systems as more serious than a misdemeanour:

felony

Meaning the action of violating someone or something:

violation

Meaning an act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct; an offence:

transgression

Meaning an unattractive or unsatisfactory feature, especially in a piece of work or in a person's character:

fault

Meaning an instance of being injured:

injury

Meaning wrongdoing, especially (US) by a public official:

malfeasance

Meaning a wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to legal liability:

tort

Meaning a sin or offence:

trespass

Anagrams of crimes

scrime

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