crimeUK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkraɪm/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/kraɪm/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(krīm)
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crime
A crime is an illegal action for which a person can be punished by law. You usually say that someone commits a crime. A crime has been committed. The police had no evidence of him having committed any crime. Be careful Don't say that someone ‘does a crime or `makes a crime’. 'crime' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Forum discussions with the word(s) "crime" in the title: ...a failure to observe which is punishable as a crime. - English Only forum
...the commission of the crime suggests malice to me - English Only forum 'Far too many black communities are marred by drugs, crime and mindless violence - English Only forum 'petty'=theft crime? - English Only forum A guy did a crime - English Only forum a crime to be done, a paper to be abstracted, <we will say> - English Only forum a crime/the crime - English Only forum a criminal offfense//a crime - English Only forum A hard crime day - English Only forum a hate crime - English Only forum a lapse of crime (?) - English Only forum a sinful nature the crime of him upon whom it is entailed - English Only forum a war crime, brazenly taken for granted ? - English Only forum a/the perfect crime - English Only forum about committing any crime - English Only forum about the commission of a dreadful crime - English Only forum Accomplice vs. partner in crime - English Only forum address the sources of crime through reduced poverty… - English Only forum Another hero, another mindless crime.. - English Only forum anti-crime / tough on crime - English Only forum away or away from the crime scene? - English Only forum "be guilty of a crime" and "plead guilty to a crime" - English Only forum Beat Crime Officer - English Only forum Big fish-just crime? - English Only forum But has Louis ever been the subject of such a crime? - English Only forum cat meat is considered a taboo./ a crime. - English Only forum closed crime scene - English Only forum collocations crime prevention and crime rate - English Only forum Commission/order/... a crime - English Only forum Commit (a) crime - English Only forum more...
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