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Definitions for Crime

[1] an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
[2] criminal activity and those engaged in it: to fight crime.
[3] the habitual or frequent commission of crimes: a life of crime.
[4] any offense, serious wrongdoing, or sin.
[5] a foolish, senseless, or shameful act: It's a crime to let that beautiful garden go to ruin.
[6] an act or omission prohibited and punished by law
[7] unlawful acts in general a wave of crime (as modifier ) crime wave
[8] an evil act
[9] informal something to be regretted it is a crime that he died young

Words related to Crime

case, lawlessness, violation, felony, misdemeanor, infraction, evil, transgression, misdeed, breach, wrongdoing, scandal, misconduct, atrocity, corruption, malfeasance, abomination, trespass, dereliction, racket

Words nearby Crime

crikey, crile, crim, crim., crim. con., crime, crime against humanity, crime against nature, crime and punishment, crime does not pay, crime passionnel

Origin of Crime

1200–50; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin crīmin- (stem of crīmen ) charge, crime

Other words from Crime

crime·less , adjective
crime·less·ness , noun
an·ti·crime , adjective
su·per·crime , noun

Word origin for Crime

C14: from Old French, from Latin crīmen verdict, accusation, crime

Synonyms for Crime

atrocity, breach, case, corruption, evil, felony, infraction, lawlessness, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, scandal, transgression, violation, wrongdoing, abomination, break, caper, criminality, delinquency, depravity, dereliction, enormity, fault, hit, illegality, immorality, infringement, iniquity, job, malfeasance, outrage, racket, sneak, tort, trespass, vice, villainy, wickedness, wrong, antisocial behavior, delict, delictum, evil behavior, fast one, malefaction, mortal sin, unlawful act