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crime¹
- /kɹaɪm/ US, UK
Rhymes with -aɪm
Where it comes from
From Middle English cryme, crime, from Old French crime, crimne, from Latin crīmen. Displaced native Old English firen.
noun crimes
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A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.
the commission of a crime
Similar: criminal offence, unlawfulness
-
Any great sin or wickedness; iniquity.
Those methods of saving money should be a crime.
Similar: delinquency, wrongdoing, crime, delict, error, malfeasance, misdeed, misdemeanor, misdoing, offense, peccadillo, sin
- That which occasions crime. the tree of life, the crime of our first father's fall
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Criminal acts collectively.
an effort by the police to tackle crime in the city
Similar: criminality, delinquency
- The habit or practice of committing crimes. Crime doesn’t pay.
Similar: crime, criminal offence, criminality, delinquency, malefaction, perpetration, unlaw, unlawfulness · Opposite: noncrime
verb crimes · criming · crimed
- To subject to disciplinary punishment. 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 […]
- To commit crime. 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.
CRIME²
Where it comes from
Short for compression ratio info-leak made easy, chosen to spell the word crime.
proper noun
- A particular security exploit against secret Web cookies over connections using the HTTPS and SPDY protocols that also use data compression. It relies on observing the change in size of the compressed ciphertext for various inputs.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: law-breaking, criminality, perpetrator, felon, criminal, infringement, contravention, guilty, infraction, violation, offender, delinquency, criminalisation, criminalization, guilt, offending
noun
Similar: crime, criminal offence, criminality, delinquency, malefaction, perpetration, unlaw, unlawfulness · Opposite: noncrime
Translations
Every language
noun specific act committed in violation of the law
| Español | delito, crimen, delinquir |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 범죄 beomjoe, 죄 joe, 범행 beomhaeng |
| 日本語 | 犯罪 hanzai, 罪 tsumi, 犯行 hankō |
| 中文 | 罪 zuì, 罪行 zuìxíng, 刑事犯罪 xíngshì fànzuì, 犯罪 fànzuì |
| हिन्दी | अपराध aprādh, जुर्म jurm |
| Kiswahili | uhalifu, jinai |
| Português | crime, delinquir |
| Français | délit m crime, délinquer |
| Deutsch | Straftat |
| Italiano | crimine, delitto, reato, delinquere |
| Ελληνικά | έγκλημα égklima, αδίκημα adíkima |
| Română | infracțiune, crimă, fapt penal |
| Русский | преступле́ние prestuplénije, злодея́ние zlodejánije, злоде́йство zlodéjstvo |
| Tiếng Việt | tội ác, tội phạm |
| العربية | جَرِيمَة jarīma, جِنَايَة jināya |
| עברית | פֶּשַׁע pésha', עֲבֵרָה 'averá |
noun collective criminal acts
| Español | delincuencia, criminalidad |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Kriminalität |
| Ελληνικά | εγκληματικότητα egklimatikótita |
| Română | delicvență |
| Русский | кримина́л kriminál |
noun practice or habit of committing crimes
| Español | delincuencia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 범죄 beomjoe |
| 日本語 | 犯罪 hanzai, 罪 tsumi |
| 中文 | 罪行 zuìxíng |
| Português | crime, criminalidade |
| Deutsch | Verbrechen |
| Italiano | criminalità |
| Ελληνικά | έγκλημα égklima |
| Română | criminalitate |
| Русский | преступле́ние prestuplénije, престу́пность prestúpnostʹ, кримина́л kriminál |
| العربية | جَرِيمَة jarīma |
| עברית | פֶּשַׁע pésha' |
Talk about this word "crime." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/crime. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. crime. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/crime "crime." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/crime.Cite this
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title = {crime},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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