crime

English

/kɹaɪm/

noun
Definitions
  • (countable) A specific act committed in violation of the law.
  • (countable) Any great sin or wickedness; iniquity.
  • (countable) That which occasions crime.
  • (uncountable) Criminal acts collectively.
  • (uncountable) The habit or practice of committing crimes.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English cryme derived from Old French crime derived from Latin crīmen (crime, verdict, adultery) root from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*krey-

Gloss

separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part

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Action/Process

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