Crime
[kraɪm]
Definition
(noun.) (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; 'a long record of crimes'.
(noun.) an evil act not necessarily punishable by law; 'crimes of the heart'.
Typist: Trevor--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law.
(n.) Gross violation of human law, in distinction from a misdemeanor or trespass, or other slight offense. Hence, also, any aggravated offense against morality or the public welfare; any outrage or great wrong.
(n.) Any great wickedness or sin; iniquity.
(n.) That which occasion crime.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Felony, aggravated misdemeanor, gross offence (especially against human law), infraction of law.[2]. Sin, transgression, iniquity, wickedness, unrighteousness, wrong, delinquency.
Checked by Kenneth
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Offense, misdeed, wrong, misdemeanor, felony, enormity
ANT:Good_deed, well-doing, duty, obligation, exploit, achievement
Checked by Janice
Definition
n. a violation of law: an act punishable by law: offence: sin.—adjs. Crime′ful criminal; Crime′less without crime innocent; Criminal (krim′-) relating to crime: guilty of crime: violating laws.—n. one guilty of crime.—ns. Crim′inalist one versed in criminal law; Criminal′ity guiltiness.—adv. Crim′inally.—v.t. Crim′ināte to accuse.—n. Criminā′tion act of criminating: accusation.—adjs. Crim′inātive Crim′inātory involving crimination or accusation.—ns. Criminol′ogist; Criminol′ogy that branch of anthropology which treats of crime and criminals.—adj. Crim′inous criminal—now chiefly in the phrase 'a criminous clerk.'—n. Crim′inousness.—Criminal conversation often Crim. con. adultery.
Checker: Raymond
Examples
- Why, Mr. Holmes, the crime was only committed at three this morning. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- To account for your own hard-heartedness and ingratitude in such a case, you are bound to prove the other party's crime. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A thousand times she reproached herself, as with a crime, that she should revive to happiness with him. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- A considerable crime is in contemplation. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- If great criminals told the truth--which, being great criminals, they do not--they would very rarely tell of their struggles against the crime. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Some of the best people that ever lived have been as destitute as I am; and if you are a Christian, you ought not to consider poverty a crime. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The traces of consumption may become fainter, or be wholly effaced: the inherent tendency to vice or crime may be eradicated. Plato. The Republic.
- I also felt that I had committed every crime in the Newgate Calendar. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- However there appears to be nothing more to learn, and we may now go down to the scene of the crime. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He remained on guard in the bedroom where the crime was committed, so as to see that nothing was touched. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- You know it is a capital crime, to mourn for, or sympathise with, a victim of the Guillotine. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He believes that Willoughby Smith had not an enemy in the world, and can give no reason for the crime. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- We are only just in time to prevent some subtle and horrible crime. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I looked with interest upon this man, who was accused of being the perpetrator of a crime of violence. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Have I not carefully avoided exposing myself to the odium of committing unnecessary crime? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- An undue love of Self leads to the most monstrous crimes and occasions the greatest misfortunes both in States and Families. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Tremble, thou wretch, That hast within thee undivulged crimes Unwhipp'd of justice! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- These were crimes his elders fretted over among themselves and proposed to punish when the opportunity should offer. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Beneath the crimes and disorders of the palaces, the life of the city and country ran a similar course. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was a time of confusion, of brigandage, of crimes unpunished and universal insecurity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Awful crimes, no doubt; but he did not tell me what: there, you knowthe seal of the confessional checked his garrulity, and my curiosity. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- On that night he had determined to consummate his crimes by my death. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- John Bull does abhor the crimes of John Chinaman. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I said, they were fellows of desperate fortunes, forced to fly from the places of their birth on account of their poverty or their crimes. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- It accuses them of crimes intended as well as perpetrated, sir. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But, my dear Miss Halcombe, my dear Lady Glyde, do you really believe that crimes cause their own detection? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He was one of those who held that nothing should be done hastily, and that few crimes were worse than waste of time. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Tell him next, that crimes cause their own detection. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- When I reflected on his crimes and malice, my hatred and revenge burst all bounds of moderation. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
Typist: Sol