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crime

name · noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /kɹaɪm/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪm
  • CMU ARPABET: K R AY1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • the commission of a crime

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: criminal offence, unlawfulness

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any great sin or wickedness; iniquity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • Those methods of saving money should be a crime.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: delinquency, wrongdoing, crime, delict, error, malfeasance, misdeed, misdemeanor, misdoing, offense, peccadillo, sin, tort, tortfeasance, transgression, veniality, villainy, wrong

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

That which occasions crime.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Criminal acts collectively.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • an effort by the police to tackle crime in the city

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: criminality, delinquency

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The habit or practice of committing crimes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • Crime doesn’t pay.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To subject to disciplinary punishment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, transitive

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To commit crime.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: nonce-word

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a long record of crimes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: offense, criminal offense, criminal offence, offence, law-breaking

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: transgression, evildoing

Narrower terms: barratry, capital offense, cybercrime, felony, forgery, fraud, Had crime, hijack, highjack, mayhem, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, infraction, violation, infringement, perpetration, commission, committal, attack, attempt, Tazir crime, statutory offense, statutory offence, regulatory offense, regulatory offence, thuggery, treason, high treason, lese majesty, vice crime, victimless crime, war crime

10

noun

Meaning 10

an evil act not necessarily punishable by law

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • crimes of the heart

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: transgression, evildoing

History

Etymology

Short for compression ratio info-leak made easy, chosen to spell the word crime.

From Middle English cryme, crime, from Old French crime, crimne, from Latin crīmen. Displaced native Old English firen.

Across languages

Translations

251 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: misdryf — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Afrikaans: misdaad — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Albanian: krim — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Southern Altai: каршулу керек (karšulu kerek) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Amharic: ወንጀል (wänǧäl) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Arabic: جَرِيمَة (jarīma) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Arabic: جِنَايَة (jināya) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Armenian: հանցանք (hancʻankʻ) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Armenian: հանցագործություն (hancʻagorcutʻyun) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Assamese: অপৰাধ (oporadh) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Asturian: delitu — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Azerbaijani: cinayət — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Bashkir: енәйәт (yenəyət) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Basque: delitua — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Belarusian: злачы́нства (zlačýnstva) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Belarusian: злачы́н (zlačýn) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Bengali: অপরাধ (oporadh) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Breton: torfed — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Bulgarian: престъпле́ние (prestǎplénie) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Burmese: ပြစ်မှု (prachmu.) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Catalan: crim — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Catalan: delicte — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Catalan: delinquir — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏍᎦᏅᏨ (asganvtsv) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Chinese Mandarin: 罪 (zuì) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Chinese Mandarin: 罪行 (zuìxíng) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Chinese Mandarin: 刑事犯罪 (xíngshì fànzuì) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Chinese Mandarin: 犯罪 (fànzuì) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Cornish: drogober — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Cornish: galweyth — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Cornish: hager ober — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Crimean Tatar: cinayet — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Czech: zločin — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Czech: trestný čin — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Danish: forbrydelse — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Dutch: misdaad — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Esperanto: krimo — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Estonian: kuritegu — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Faroese: brotsgerð — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Finnish: rikos — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • French: délit m crime — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • French: délinquer — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • West-Frisian: misdied — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Friulian: criminâl — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Galician: delito — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Galician: malfeito — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Georgian: დანაშაული (današauli) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • German: Straftat — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Greek: έγκλημα (égklima) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Greek: αδίκημα (adíkima) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Gujarati: અપરાધ (aparādh) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Hawaiian: kalaima — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Hebrew: פֶּשַׁע (pésha') — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Hebrew: עֲבֵרָה ('averá) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Higaonon: sala — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Hindi: अपराध (aprādh) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Hindi: जुर्म (jurm) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • White Hmong: txhaum — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Hungarian: bűntény — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Hungarian: bűntett — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Hungarian: bűncselekmény — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Icelandic: glæpur — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Ido: krimino — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Igbo: ihe ojoo — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Indonesian: kejahatan — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Indonesian: pelanggaran — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Indonesian: pelanggaran hukum — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Interlingua: crimine — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Irish: coir — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Irish: cion — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Italian: crimine — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Italian: delitto — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Italian: reato — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Italian: delinquere — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Japanese: 犯罪 (hanzai) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Japanese: 罪 (tsumi) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Japanese: 犯行 (hankō) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Javanese: angkara — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Kannada: ಅಪರಾಧ (aparādha) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Kannada: ತಕ್ಸೀರು (taksīru) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Kazakh: қылмыс (qylmys) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Khmer: បទឧក្រិដ្ឋ (bɑt ʼokkrət) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Khmer: ទោស (tooh) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Korean: 범죄 (beomjoe) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Korean: 죄 (joe) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Korean: 범행 (beomhaeng) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Kumyk: яманлыкъ (yamanlıq) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Kumyk: законну бузув (zakonnu buzuw) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Northern Kurdish: sûc — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Northern Kurdish: cînayet — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Northern Kurdish: tawan — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Kyrgyz: кылмыш (kılmış) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Ladin: reat — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Lao: ອາດຊະຍາກໍາ (ʼāt sa nyā kam) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Lao: ກໍາມະໂທດ (kam ma thōt) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Latin: scelus — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Latin: facinus — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Latin: maleficium — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Latvian: noziegšanās — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Latvian: noziegums — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Lithuanian: nusikaltimas — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Lithuanian: nusižengimas — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Luxembourgish: Verbriechen — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Macedonian: злосторство (zlostorstvo) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Macedonian: злодело (zlodelo) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Macedonian: недело (nedelo) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Malay: jenayah — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Malayalam: കുറ്റം (kuṟṟaṁ) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Malayalam: കുറ്റകൃത്യം (kuṟṟakr̥tyaṁ) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Maltese: reat — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Manx: loght — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Māori: hara — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Māori: māhie — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Māori: taihara — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Marathi: बदकर्म (badkarma) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Mongolian: гэмт хэрэг (gemt xereg) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Mongolian: ᠭᠡᠮᠲᠦ ᠬᠡᠷᠡᠭ (gemtü kereg) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Nepali: अपराध (aparādh) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Norman: crînme — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forbrytelse — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Occitan: delicte — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Occitan: crim — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Odia: ଅପରାଧ (aparādha) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Old English: firen — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Oromo: yakka — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Pannonian Rusyn: злодїйство (zlodjijstvo) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Pannonian Rusyn: криминал (kriminal) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Pashto: جنايت (jenāyat) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Dari: جُرْم (jurm) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Dari: جِنَایَت (jināyat) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Dari: گُنَاه (gunāh) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Iranian Persian: جُرْم (jorm) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Iranian Persian: بِزِه (beze) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Iranian Persian: جِنایَت (jenâyat) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Plautdietsch: Vebräakjen — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Polish: przestępstwo — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Polish: zbrodnia — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Portuguese: crime — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Portuguese: delinquir — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Punjabi: ਜੁਰਮ (juram) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Punjabi: ਅਪਰਾਧ (aparādh) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Romanian: infracțiune — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Romanian: crimă — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Romanian: fapt penal — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Romansh: crim — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Russian: преступле́ние (prestuplénije) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Russian: злодея́ние (zlodejánije) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Russian: злоде́йство (zlodéjstvo) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Sanskrit: अकृत्य (akṛtya) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Sanskrit: एनस् (enas) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Scots: crime — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Scots: wrang-daein — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Scottish Gaelic: eucoir — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Serbo-Croatian: зло̀чин — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Serbo-Croatian: zlòčin — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Sinhalese: අපරාධය (aparādhaya) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Slovak: zločin — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Slovene: zločin — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Spanish: delito — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Spanish: crimen — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Spanish: delinquir — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Swahili: uhalifu — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Swahili: jinai — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Swedish: brott — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Tagalog: krimen — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Tajik: ҷиноят (jinoyat) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Tajik: ҷурм (jurm) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Tajik: гуноҳ (gunoh) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Tamil: குற்றம் (kuṟṟam) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Tatar: җинаять (cinayät) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Telugu: నేరము (nēramu) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Thai: อาชญากรรม (àat-yaa-gam) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Tibetan: ཉེས་པ (nyes pa) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Tigrinya: ወንጀል (wänǧäl) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Tigrinya: ገበን (gäbän) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Turkish: suç — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Turkish: cinayet — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Ottoman Turkish: صوچ (suç) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Ottoman Turkish: جنایت (cinayet) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Turkmen: jenaýat — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Tuvan: кем-херек (kem-xerek) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Ukrainian: зло́чин (zlóčyn) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Urdu: جُرْم (jurm) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Urdu: اَپْرادھ (aprādh) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Urdu: جِنایَت (jināyat) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Uyghur: جىنايەت (jinayet) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Uzbek: jinoyat — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Vietnamese: tội ác — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Vietnamese: tội phạm — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Volapük: klim — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Walloon: crime — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Welsh: trosedd — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Wolaytta: danuwa — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Yiddish: פֿאַרברעך (farbrekh) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Yiddish: פֿאַרברעכן (farbrekhn) — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Yoruba: ọ̀ràn — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Zazaki: cırm — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Zazaki: cınayet — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Zulu: iseleleso — specific act committed in violation of the law
  • Arabic: جَرِيمَة (jarīma) — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Armenian: հանցավորություն (hancʻavorutʻyun) — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Catalan: crim — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 罪行 (zuìxíng) — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Czech: zločinnost — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Danish: kriminalitet — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Dutch: misdaad — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Esperanto: krimado — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Estonian: kuritegevus — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Finnish: rikollisuus — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Finnish: rikos — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • German: Verbrechen — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Greek: έγκλημα (égklima) — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Hebrew: פֶּשַׁע (pésha') — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Hungarian: bűnözés — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Italian: criminalità — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Japanese: 犯罪 (hanzai) — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Japanese: 罪 (tsumi) — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Korean: 범죄 (beomjoe) — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Central Kurdish: جەریمە (cerîme) — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Macedonian: злосторство (zlostorstvo) — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Maltese: kriminalità — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Norman: crînme — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kriminalitet — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Portuguese: crime — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Portuguese: criminalidade — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Romanian: criminalitate — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Russian: преступле́ние (prestuplénije) — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Russian: престу́пность (prestúpnostʹ) — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Russian: кримина́л (kriminál) — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Scottish Gaelic: eucoireachd — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Serbo-Croatian: зло̀чин — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Serbo-Croatian: zlòčin — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Slovene: zločin — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Spanish: delincuencia — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Swedish: brottslighet — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Turkish: suç — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Yoruba: ìwà ọ̀daràn — practice or habit of committing crimes
  • Finnish: rikollisuus — collective criminal acts
  • German: Kriminalität — collective criminal acts
  • Greek: εγκληματικότητα (egklimatikótita) — collective criminal acts
  • Indonesian: kriminalitas — collective criminal acts
  • Romanian: delicvență — collective criminal acts
  • Russian: кримина́л (kriminál) — collective criminal acts
  • Serbo-Croatian: кримѝна̄л — collective criminal acts
  • Serbo-Croatian: krimìnāl — collective criminal acts
  • Spanish: delincuencia — collective criminal acts
  • Spanish: criminalidad — collective criminal acts
  • Swedish: brottslighet — collective criminal acts
  • Swedish: kriminalitet — collective criminal acts
  • Turkish: suç — collective criminal acts
  • Yiddish: פֿאַרברעכערײַ (farbrekheray) — collective criminal acts
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