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crime
  1. (countable) A specific act committed in violation of the law.
  2. (uncountable) The practice or habit of committing crimes.
  3. (uncountable) criminal acts collectively.
  4. Any great wickedness or sin; iniquity.
  5. (obsolete) That which occasions crime.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “The charge of being drunk and disorderly was now a crime punishable by up to five years in prison.”
      “The war against crime has been ongoing for decades.”
      “It is a crime against humanity that they are allowed to continue in this most dangerous trade.”
recrimination
  1. The act of recriminating.
  2. A counter or mutual accusation.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The Thrale mother-daughter relationship is full of spite and recrimination.”
      “Both concern marriage attained through unatoned sin, maintained despite suspicion and recrimination, resolved at last by death.”
      “The suffering of illness is thus compounded by an additional burden of guilt and recrimination.”
criminality
  1. (uncountable) The state of being criminal.
  2. (countable) A criminal act.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Family variables that contribute the most to aggressiveness and delinquency include parental criminality and poor parental supervision.”
      “He swept away much of the petty criminality that financed other illegal activities in the city.”
      “More than ten different motives for the crime are being investigated, such are the wide-ranging lines of criminality associated with the gang.”
crimebuster
  1. (chiefly US, informal) A person, especially a law enforcement officer, who is particularly effective in thwarting criminal activity and in bringing criminals to justice.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The crimebuster arrived at the scene of the robbery, ready to apprehend the suspects.”
crimethink
criminalist
  1. (US) A person who specializes in the collection and examination of forensic evidence at a crime scene.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Before going Hollywood, she spent 15 years as a criminalist with the LA County's Sheriff's Department.”
      “However, he was also the chief criminalist for Connecticut for more than 20 years.”
      “The first is that of Austin, which is essentially the theory of a criminalist.”
crimebusting
  1. (chiefly US, informal) The work of a crimebuster; the thwarting of criminal activity.
crimination
  1. An accusation of wrongdoing, a recrimination
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The Act prohibits dis crimination i n t he pro vision of services, go ods or facilities o r in t he hiring of people or in their employment.”
      “The fifth suggestion relates to the concept of a consistent pattern of gross violation of economic, social, and cultural rights, such as systemic dis crimination in the workplace or in hiring.”
      “People in London and Scotland were most likely to say they had experi enced or witnessed dis crimination.”
criminology
  1. The study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “With a degree in political science and criminology, he became a probation officer in Florida.”
      “By that time, Catrin was an undergraduate student studying criminology and criminal justice as part of a broader social sciences degree.”
      “This book will be of interest to urban historians and quantitative historians as well as students and scholars of criminology and policy studies.”
crimewave
  1. A large increased incidence of crimes within a relatively short period of time.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The three killers were part of a loose-knit gang behind a major crimewave of carjackings and thefts that began around October last year.”
      “The end of the trial, however, has given us an insight into how parts of urban Britain are in the grip of a crimewave the law barely touches.”
      “It is responsible for a crimewave that accounts for up to 40 per cent of offences.”
incrimination
  1. The act of incriminating someone; accusation
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “All the accused men were well known for their licentious behaviour and for this reason possibly became easy targets for incrimination.”
      “I could use anything I wanted, but I had to put it back exactly as I had found it and dust off my fingerprints to avoid incrimination.”
      “The Law Commission proposed that the privilege should be restricted to incrimination for crimes punishable by imprisonment.”
criminalization
  1. The act of making a previously legal activity illegal.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The criminalization of marijuana in some countries has sparked debates about its potential benefits and drawbacks.”
      “The criminalization of certain recreational activities has led to increased alienation and social disintegration.”
      “The criminalization of responsible drug users is only one of the many pointless aspects of drug prohibition.”
criminologist
  1. A person who is skilled in, or practices criminology
  2. Examples:
    1. “All the criminologist, penologist, and sociologist can get together and talk their theories and smack about recidivism and rehabilitation.”
      “I'm not a criminologist, but I believe that most criminals simply think they will get away with it.”
      “And a curious shade of behavior might have here interested a criminologist.”
recriminalisation
  1. Alternative form of recriminalization
criminalisation
  1. (chiefly Britain) Alternative form of criminalization
  2. Examples:
    1. “But there is a lack of proportion in this glamourisation of crime in a society already paying heavily for the criminalisation of politics.”
      “In fact, given the criminalisation of politics, his presence may have a deterrent effect on the criminal elements.”
      “Prior to the criminalisation of cocaine and opium, organised crime had no reason to be involved in the drugs trade.”
criminalese
  1. The argot spoken by criminals.
criminousness
  1. The state or quality of being criminous.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Even so, the writer utterly disowns rating of Slippy McGees as thick-skulled savages predestined for incurable criminousness.”
criminal
  1. A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Wade and James would tragically have their childhoods stolen from them by a smooth criminal.”
criminalness
  1. (rare, dated) The state or quality of being criminal.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Her criminalness was evident as she showed no remorse for her heinous actions.”
criminalistics
  1. Science-based processing and study of evidence of crimes.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “This natural law is the foundation of criminalistics and is the motivation behind the acquisition and analysis of trace evidence.”
      “I think there's a big difference between criminalistics and elementary school teachers.”
      “Further criminalistics evidence proved that Macy was not the last person to drive the suburban in which the powder was found.”
recriminalization
  1. The act of recriminalizing.
recriminator
  1. One who recriminates.
criminalizer
  1. One who criminalizes.
crimance
  1. (film, book) crime-romance
  2. Examples:
    1. “I like the way Brant herself describes the book as crimance... a perfect genre description.”
crim
  1. (Britain, Australia, informal) A criminal.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Jake is a mid-level grifter whose latest elaborate sting has seen his crew heist money from a vicious crim by mistake.”
      “It's a ripping Ned Kelly-esque yarn of a crim on the run, causing havoc, chaos and trauma, yet somehow charming others.”
      “The crim Tartary crown diamonds are uncommonly fine, and I shall never have any use for them.”
crimefighting
  1. Combating crime.
  2. Examples:
    1. “He passed one of the youth gangs on the way, muttering into their phones and thumbing at their keyboards, coordinating their crimefighting activities.”
recriminalizations
  1. plural of recriminalization
criminalisations
  1. plural of criminalisation
criminalizations
recriminations
  1. plural of recrimination
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The mutual recriminations are extremely bitter, leaving wounds that will fester.”
      “Accusations and recriminations are thrown about and the characters occasionally become overwrought.”
      “A flurry of recriminations has followed the sale of a major waterside development site to a leading national housebuilder.”
criminologists
  1. plural of criminologist
  2. Examples:
    1. “The evaluations will be undertaken by consortia of academic criminologists.”
      “In recent years, some criminologists have also explored the ways in which some forms of culture come to be constructed as crime.”
      “Additionally, criminologists have argued that a major cause in crime prevention is the reduction of child neglect.”
incriminations
criminalizers
  1. plural of criminalizer
recriminators
  1. plural of recriminator
crimebusters
criminalists
  1. plural of criminalist
criminations
criminalities
criminologies
crimewaves
  1. plural of crimewave
criminals
  1. plural of criminal
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “And officers have warned the criminals that they have taken an extra special interest in bringing them to book.”
      “Sutton's police chief has pledged to make the borough the safest in London by waging war on career criminals and drug traders.”
      “Mary's used to taking care of lowlifes and criminals, so she has to be tough.”
crimances
  1. plural of crimance
crimes
  1. plural of crime
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Because so much time has passed, the case can only be conducted under war crimes legislation.”
      “It was then that I started developing my ideas on the reintroduction of hanging, drawing and quartering for political crimes against the people.”
      “If poverty leads to lead exposure, and lead abets crime and poor health, then lead can be said to nudge indigent people toward crimes.”
crims
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