Word Image
plural: crimes
Part Of Speech
noun
Word Meaning
unlawful, criminal activity; an unjust, senseless, or disgraceful act or condition
Word Family
anticrime
criminal
noncriminal
criminally
criminality
criminalize
decriminalize
Sentences
The crime rate in this city is too high.
This particular crime was motivated by greed.
Police are trained in solving various crimes.
The criminal was arrested and charged with multiple offenses.
Our crime victim is still recovering in the hospital.
The previously unsolved crime was finally cracked by a team of detectives.
The bank robbery was a crime of opportunity.
A white-collar crime is sometimes resolved without jail time.
It’s a crime to destroy the environment willfully.
Serial killers are typically criminal masterminds.
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