crime

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

75 more languages

Afrikaansmisdaad

አማርኛወንጀል

العربيةالجريمةجرمجريمةجنايةجنيةذنبوزر+ 4 more

Azərbaycan dilicinayət

Беларускаязлачы́нзлачынства

Българскипрестъпление

বাংলাঅপরাধ

བོད་སྐད།ཉེས་པ

BosanskiCìondeliktKrimkrimenkriminalkriminalitettatzločinzlodelozlodjeloзлоделозлодјелозлочинкрименкриминалкриминалитет+ 13 more

Catalàcrimdelictedelinquir

Češtinakriminalitakriminálnítrestný činzločinzločinnost+ 2 more

Cymraegtrosedd

Danskforbrydelsekriminalitet

Ελληνικάαδίκημαέγκλημαεγκληματικότηταπαρανομία+ 1 more

Esperantokrimo

Eestikuritegevuskuritegu

Suomipattorikollisuusrikos

Gaeilgecioncoir

Gàidhligeucoireucoireachd

Galegocriminalidademalfeito

ગુજરાતીઅપરાધ

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻikalaima

עבריתעבירהעברהפשע

हिन्दीअपराधख़ताजुर्म

HrvatskiCìondeliktKrimkrimenkriminalkriminalitettatzločinzlodelozlodjeloзлоделозлодјелозлочинкрименкриминалкриминалитет+ 13 more

Magyarbűncselekménybűnözésbűnténybűntett+ 1 more

Հայերենհանցագործությունհանցանքհանցավորություն

Bahasa Indonesiajinayahkejahatankriminalkriminalitasmisdrijfpelanggaranpelanggaran hukumperkaratindak pidana+ 6 more

Íslenskaglæpur

Italianocriminalitàcriminedelinqueredelittoreato+ 2 more

日本語事犯犯犯罪犯行科罪罪悪罪科+ 5 more

ქართულიდანაშაული

Қазақ тіліқылмыс

ភាសាខ្មែរទោសបទឧក្រិដ្ឋ

ಕನ್ನಡಅಪರಾಧ

한국어범죄범행사범죄죄악허물+ 3 more

Kurdîcinayetcurumkrîmînalsûctatجرم+ 3 more

Кыргызчакылмыш

Latinacommissumfacinusiniquitasmaleficiumnoxanoxitudoscelus+ 4 more

Lëtzebuergeschverbriechen

ລາວອາດຊະຍາກຳ

Lietuviųnusikaltimas

Latviešunoziegums

Te Reo Māorihara

Македонскизлоделозлосторство

മലയാളംകുറ്റംകുറ്റകൃത്യം

Монголгэмт хэрэг

Bahasa Melayujenayah

Maltireat

မြန်မာပြစ်မှု

Nederlandsmisdaad

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਅਪਰਾਧਜੁਰਮ

Polskikryminalnykryminałprzestępstwozbrodnia+ 1 more

Portuguêscrimecriminalidadedelinquir

Românăcrimăcriminalitatedelicvențăfapt penalinfracțiune+ 2 more

Русскийзлодействозлодеяниекриминалпреступлениепреступность+ 2 more

Ikinyarwandaigicumuro

සිංහලඅපරාධය

Slovenščinazločin

Shqipkrim

СрпскиCìondeliktKrimkrimenkriminalkriminalitettatzločinzlodelozlodjeloзлоделозлодјелозлочинкрименкриминалкриминалитет+ 13 more

Svenskabrottbrottslighetförbrytelsekrimkriminalitetpolisiär+ 3 more

Kiswahilijinaiuhalifu

தமிழ்குற்றம்

తెలుగునేరము

Тоҷикӣгуноҳҷиноят

ไทยอาชญากรรมอาญา

Türkmençejenaýat

Tagalogkrimen

Türkçecinayetcürümsuç

ئۇيغۇرچەجىنايەت

Українськазлочинзлочинність

اردواپرادھجُرْم

O'zbekchajinoyat

Tiếng Việttội áctội phạm

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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