crime
noun
[ krʌɪm ]
• an action or omission which constitutes an offence and is punishable by law.
• "shoplifting was a serious crime"
Similar:
offence,
unlawful act,
illegal act,
misdemeanour,
misdeed,
wrong,
felony,
violation,
transgression,
fault,
injury,
malfeasance,
malefaction,
tort,
trespass,
crime
verb
• (especially in the army) charge with or find guilty of an offence.
• "they found the note and I got crimed for it"
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘wickedness, sin’): via Old French from Latin crimen ‘judgement, offence’, based on cernere ‘to judge’.
