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Another word for crime

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Noun

  1. A serious breaking of the public law

    See also:

    crimes

  2. A wicked act or wicked behavior

    See also:

    right

  3. Something that offends one's sense of propriety, fairness, or justice

    See also:

    right

  4. A great disappointment or regrettable fact

    Idioms:
    See also:

    good

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for crime

Noun

  1. An outrageous act

    See also:

    sin

    evil

  2. A serious infraction of the law

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • You're not accused of any crime so I'm not harboring any fugitives.

  • We won't go anywhere near the crime scene; ever.

  • Carry this cat away to prison, and keep her in safe confinement until she is tried by law for the crime of murder.

  • The crime lab guys in Denver will be able to.

  • He was often woken from the crime scene by honking horns or outside noises.

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