Meaning of crime | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A particular security exploit against secret Web cookies over connections using the HTTPS and SPDY protocols that also use data compression. It relies on observing the change in size of the compressed ciphertext for various inputs.
2. A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.
   countable
3. the act of abetting or inciting another to commit a crime. — abettor, abetter, n.
   n
4. Any great sin or wickedness; iniquity.
   countable
5. the condition of having two spouses simultaneously. — bigamist, n. — bigamous, adj.
   n
6. That which occasions crime.
   countable, obsolete
7. the practice of smuggling. — contrabandist, n.
   n
8. Criminal acts collectively.
   uncountable
9. The habit or practice of committing crimes.
   uncountable
10. a person who practices or advocates corruption, especially in politics or public life.
11. the scientific study of crime and criminals. — criminologist, n. — criminologic, criminological, adj.
    n
12. Obsolete, the act of stealing or embezzling.
    Obsolete
13. the process of wrongfully or unlawfully dispossessing a person of his rightful real property.
14. the crime of attempting to influence or suborn a judge or jury by bribery, threats, etc.
15. a person who practices the crime of extortion or the obtaining of money by threat of violence. Also extortioner.
16. fleeing from justice, as by a criminal.

Equivalents

Examples

“the commission of a crime”

“The generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT, can be duped into providing detailed advice on how to commit crimes — ranging from money laundering to the export of weapons to sanctioned countries — a tech startup found.”

“Those methods of saving money should be a crime.”

“No crime was thine, if 'tis no crime to love.”

“the tree of life, the crime of our first father's fall”

“an effort by the police to tackle crime in the city”

“The State Department has given Ecuador $81 million since 2018 to help the country with its fight against organized crime and narcotics.”

“Crime doesn’t pay.”

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