What does "crime" mean?

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

Crime

Common synonyms include: criminal offence, delinquency, delinquency, criminality, offence, unlawfulness.

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Noun

1
A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law. countable
"the commission of a crime"
2
(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act wordnet
3
Any great sin or wickedness; iniquity. countable
"Those methods of saving money should be a crime."
4
an evil act not necessarily punishable by law wordnet
5
That which occasions crime. countable, obsolete
"the tree of life, the crime of our first father's fall"

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6
Criminal acts collectively. uncountable
"an effort by the police to tackle crime in the city"
7
The habit or practice of committing crimes. uncountable
"Crime doesn’t pay."

Verb

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
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."

Proper Noun

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.