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CRIME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
Example:
a long record of crimes
Synonyms:
crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("crime" is a kind of...):
offence; offense (a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right)
Domain category:
criminal law (the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment)
Domain member category:
traffic (deal illegally)
shoplift (steal in a store)
hold up; stick up (rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat)
mug (rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence)
pirate (copy illegally; of published material)
lift; plagiarise; plagiarize (take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property)
crib (take unauthorized (intellectual material))
bribe; buy; corrupt; grease one's palms (make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence)
rake off (take money from an illegal transaction)
buy off; pay off (pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor)
loot; plunder (take illegally; of intellectual property)
smuggle (import or export without paying customs duties)
kick back (pay a kickback; make an illegal payment)
ransom; redeem (exchange or buy back for money; under threat)
pyramid (use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal)
black marketeer (deal on the black market)
push (sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs))
fob off; foist off; palm off (sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive)
black market; run (deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor)
bootleg (sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol)
scalp (sell illegally, as on the black market)
blackmail (obtain through threats)
extort (obtain through intimidation)
carjack (take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it)
skyjack (subject an aircraft to air piracy)
commandeer; highjack; hijack; pirate (take arbitrarily or by force)
impress; shanghai (take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship)
abduct; kidnap; nobble; snatch (take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crime"):
war crime (a crime committed in wartime; violation of rules of war)
victimless crime (an act that is legally a crime but that seem to have no victims)
vice crime (a vice that is illegal)
high treason; lese majesty; treason (a crime that undermines the offender's government)
thuggery (violent or brutal acts as of thugs)
regulatory offence; regulatory offense; statutory offence; statutory offense (crimes created by statutes and not by common law)
Tazir crime ((Islam) minor crimes committed by Muslims; crimes that are not mentioned in the Koran so judges are free to punish the offender in any appropriate way)
attack; attempt (the act of attacking)
commission; committal; perpetration (the act of committing a crime)
infraction; infringement; misdemeanor; misdemeanour; violation (a crime less serious than a felony)
mayhem (the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person)
highjack; hijack (seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination)
Had crime ((Islam) serious crimes committed by Muslims and punishable by punishments established in the Koran)
fraud (intentional deception resulting in injury to another person)
forgery (criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud)
felony (a serious crime (such as murder or arson))
cybercrime (crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operations with malevolent programs)
capital offense (a crime so serious that capital punishment is considered appropriate)
barratry (the offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels)
Derivation:
criminal (involving or being or having the nature of a crime)
criminalise (declare illegal; outlaw)
criminate; incriminate (bring an accusation against; level a charge against)
incriminate (suggest that someone is guilty)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An evil act not necessarily punishable by law
Example:
crimes of the heart
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("crime" is a kind of...):
evildoing; transgression (the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle)
Derivation:
criminal (involving or being or having the nature of a crime)
incriminate (suggest that someone is guilty)
Context examples:
Nearly a year later, in the month of October, 18—, London was startled by a crime of singular ferocity and rendered all the more notable by the high position of the victim.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Yet there were still three upon that island—Silver, and old Morgan, and Ben Gunn—who had each taken his share in these crimes, as each had hoped in vain to share in the reward.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
I think of writing another little monograph some of these days on the typewriter and its relation to crime.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was a dreadful picture of ingratitude and inhumanity; and Anne felt, at some moments, that no flagrant open crime could have been worse.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Thus did Michael Dennin, under sentence of death, make public confession of his crime.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
“You are Maud Brewster,” I said slowly and with certainty, almost as though I were charging her with a crime.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
That certainly was a crime: and was I fit to die?
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Jim Hall was being "rail-roaded" to prison for a crime he had not committed.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
“It would be no great penance,” said Rosa Dartle, “for your crimes. Do you know what you have done? Do you ever think of the home you have laid waste?”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
To begin, have you ever study the philosophy of crime?
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
