Crime

//kɹaɪm// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 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.
Noun
  1. 1
    A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law. countable

    "the commission of a crime"

  2. 2
    (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act wordnet
  3. 3
    Any great sin or wickedness; iniquity. countable

    "Those methods of saving money should be a crime."

  4. 4
    an evil act not necessarily punishable by law wordnet
  5. 5
    That which occasions crime. countable, obsolete

    "the tree of life, the crime of our first father's fall"

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  1. 6
    Criminal acts collectively. uncountable

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

  2. 7
    The habit or practice of committing crimes. uncountable

    "Crime doesn’t pay."

Verb
  1. 1
    To subject to disciplinary punishment. UK, transitive

    "Nevertheless, in the course of a few days he is again intoxicated, creates disturbance in his quarters, is confined by his sergeant, crimed, and brought before the commanding officer […]"

  2. 2
    To commit crime. nonce-word

    "If, during the 1920s, the master criminal was a gamester, criming for self expression, during the 1930s he performed in other ways for other purposes."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

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

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