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crime
has definitions from the fields of law,criminal law
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[ noun ] (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
Synonyms Examples "a long record of crimes" Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)District_Attorney M._W._Mills warned that he would vigorously prosecute persons caught committing these crimes or carrying arms - he just did n't catch anyone . (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)For these crimes he was sentenced to be hanged in_public on Friday , December 2 , 1859 . (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)But it had , as was usual in southern cities of this sort , a Black_Bottom , a low region near the river where the Negroes lived - servants and laborers huddled_together in a region with no sewage save the river , where streets and sidewalks were neglected and where there was much poverty and crime . (Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)How could the rich , for whom life was made so simple , ever understand the subterfuges , the lies , the frauds , the errors , sins and even crimes to which the poor were driven in their efforts to overcome the great advantages the rich had in the race of life ? (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)They possessed no outer fortifications , no hard shells of confidence ; they had enough difficulty getting from day to day , let_alone having an awful crime thrust upon them . Related terms evildoing misdemeanor fraud treason attack war_crime battery perpetration victimless_crime cybercrime vice_crime capital_offense thuggery felony mayhem tazir_crime forgery hijack rape statutory_offense had_crime bribe kidnap rustle smuggle hold_up commandeer foist_off loot kick_back run ransom shoplift traffic pyramid plagiarize pirate buy_off rake_off mug black_marketeer crib push skyjack carjack shanghai extort scalp bootleg blackmail criminal_law accuse outlaw |
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[ noun ] an evil act not necessarily punishable by law
Examples "crimes of the heart" Related terms |
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