cryme

Middle English

/ˈkriːm(ə)/

noun
Definitions
  • A criminal action or decision; that which is against the law
  • An immoral deed; that which is proscribed or considered sinful.
  • Iniquity, immorality, wrongness.
  • (rare) A charge or allegation.

Etymology

Borrowed 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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