crime

noun

(countable) A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.

(uncountable) Criminal acts collectively.

(uncountable) The habit or practice of committing crimes.

(countable) Any great sin or wickedness; iniquity.

(computing) 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.

(countable, obsolete) That which occasions crime.

verb

(UK, military, transitive) To subject to disciplinary punishment.

(nonce word) To commit crime.

Roots

crimencrim- · Latin · charge, judgment

Synonyms for crime

malefactionn criminalityn felonyn misdeedn delinquencyn misdemeanorn lawbreaking evildoingn wrongdoingn misdoingv

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Where does crime come from?

The word crime breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root crim-, from Latin crimen (“charge, judgment”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.