Crime

//kɹaɪm//

Synonyms for "crime" (106 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (22)

Strong matches (31)

Related words (53)

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32 entries

Showing 16 of 32 words.

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

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Related terms

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at location

2 entries

capable of

4 entries

causes

1 entries

causes desire

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dbpedia language

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defined as

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derived

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Showing 16 of 89 words.

has context

3 entries

has property

1 entries

holonym

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is a

8 entries

not has_property

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receives action

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related to

45 entries

Showing 16 of 45 words.

Translations

250 translations across 125 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • misdaad noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • misdryf noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Albanian

1 entries
  • krim noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ወንጀል noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Arabic

3 entries
  • جَرِيمَة noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • جَرِيمَة noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)
  • جِنَايَة noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Armenian

3 entries
  • հանցագործություն noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • հանցանք noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • հանցավորություն noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)

Assamese

1 entries
  • অপৰাধ noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Asturian

1 entries
  • delitu noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • cinayət noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • енәйәт noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Basque

1 entries
  • delitua noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • злачы́н noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • злачы́нства noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Bengali

1 entries
  • অপরাধ noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Breton

1 entries
  • torfed noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • престъпле́ние noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ပြစ်မှု noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Catalan

4 entries
  • crim noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • crim noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)
  • delicte noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • delinquir noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • جەریمە noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᏍᎦᏅᏨ noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 刑事犯罪 noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • 犯罪 noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • 罪 noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • 罪行 noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Cornish

3 entries
  • drogober noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • galweyth noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • hager ober noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • cinayet noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Czech

3 entries
  • trestný čin noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • zločin noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • zločinnost noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)

Danish

2 entries
  • forbrydelse noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • kriminalitet noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)

Dari

3 entries
  • جُرْم noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • جِنَایَت noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • گُنَاه noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Dutch

2 entries
  • misdaad noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • misdaad noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • krimado noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)
  • krimo noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Estonian

2 entries
  • kuritegevus noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)
  • kuritegu noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Faroese

1 entries
  • brotsgerð noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Finnish

4 entries
  • rikollisuus noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)
  • rikollisuus noun (collective criminal acts)
  • rikos noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • rikos noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)

French

2 entries
  • délinquer noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • délit m crime noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Friulian

1 entries
  • criminâl noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Galician

2 entries
  • delito noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • malfeito noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Georgian

1 entries
  • დანაშაული noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

German

3 entries
  • Kriminalität noun (collective criminal acts)
  • Straftat noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • Verbrechen noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)

Greek

4 entries
  • έγκλημα noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • έγκλημα noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)
  • αδίκημα noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • εγκληματικότητα noun (collective criminal acts)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • અપરાધ noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • kalaima noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • עֲבֵרָה noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • פֶּשַׁע noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • פֶּשַׁע noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)

Higaonon

1 entries
  • sala noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Hindi

2 entries
  • अपराध noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • जुर्म noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bűncselekmény noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • bűntett noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • bűntény noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • bűnözés noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • glæpur noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Ido

1 entries
  • krimino noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Igbo

1 entries
  • ihe ojoo noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • kejahatan noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • kriminalitas noun (collective criminal acts)
  • pelanggaran noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • pelanggaran hukum noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • crimine noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • بِزِه noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • جُرْم noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • جِنایَت noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Irish

2 entries
  • cion noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • coir noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Italian

4 entries
  • criminalità noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)
  • crimine noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • delinquere noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • delitto noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 犯罪 noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • 犯罪 noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)
  • 犯行 noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • 罪 noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Javanese

1 entries
  • angkara noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Kannada

2 entries
  • ಅಪರಾಧ noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • ತಕ್ಸೀರು noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • қылмыс noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ទោស noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • បទឧក្រិដ្ឋ noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Korean

4 entries
  • 범죄 noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • 범죄 noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)
  • 범행 noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • 죄 noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Kumyk

2 entries
  • законну бузув noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • яманлыкъ noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • кылмыш noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Ladin

1 entries
  • reat noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Lao

2 entries
  • ກຳມະໂທດ noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • ອາດຊະຍາກຳ noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Latin

3 entries
  • facinus noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • maleficium noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • scelus noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Latvian

2 entries
  • noziegums noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • noziegšanās noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • nusikaltimas noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • nusižengimas noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Verbriechen noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • злодело noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • злосторство noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • злосторство noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)
  • недело noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Malay

1 entries
  • jenayah noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • കുറ്റം noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • കുറ്റകൃത്യം noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Maltese

2 entries
  • kriminalità noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)
  • reat noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Manx

1 entries
  • loght noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Marathi

1 entries
  • बदकर्म noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • гэмт хэрэг noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • ᠭᠡᠮᠲᠦ ᠬᠡᠷᠡᠭ noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Māori

3 entries
  • hara noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • māhie noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • taihara noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Nepali

1 entries
  • अपराध noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Norman

2 entries
  • crînme noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • crînme noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • cînayet noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • sûc noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • tawan noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • forbrytelse noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • kriminalitet noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)

Occitan

2 entries
  • crim noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • delicte noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Odia

1 entries
  • ଅପରାଧ noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Old English

1 entries
  • firen noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Oromo

1 entries
  • yakka noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • جنایت noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • صوچ noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries
  • злодїйство noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • криминал noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Pashto

1 entries
  • جنايت noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Vebräakjen noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Polish

2 entries
  • przestępstwo noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • zbrodnia noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • crime noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • crime noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)
  • criminalidade noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)
  • delinquir noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • ਅਪਰਾਧ noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • ਜੁਰਮ noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Romanian

4 entries
  • criminalitate noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)
  • crimă noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • delicvență noun (collective criminal acts)
  • fapt penal noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Romansch

1 entries
  • crim noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Russian

4 entries
  • злоде́йство noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • злодея́ние noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • кримина́л noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)
  • кримина́л noun (collective criminal acts)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • अकृत्य noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • एनस् noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Scots

2 entries
  • crime noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • wrang-daein noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • eucoir noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • eucoireachd noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • krimìnāl noun (collective criminal acts)
  • zlòčin noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • zlòčin noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)
  • зло̀чин noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • අපරාධය noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Slovak

1 entries
  • zločin noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Slovene

2 entries
  • zločin noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • zločin noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • каршулу керек noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Spanish

4 entries
  • crimen noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • criminalidad noun (collective criminal acts)
  • delincuencia noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)
  • delincuencia noun (collective criminal acts)

Swahili

2 entries
  • jinai noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • uhalifu noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Swedish

4 entries
  • brott noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • brottslighet noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)
  • brottslighet noun (collective criminal acts)
  • kriminalitet noun (collective criminal acts)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • krimen noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Tajik

3 entries
  • гуноҳ noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • ҷиноят noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • ҷурм noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Tamil

1 entries
  • குற்றம் noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Tatar

1 entries
  • җинаять noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Telugu

1 entries
  • నేరము noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Thai

1 entries
  • อาชญากรรม noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཉེས་པ noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Tigrinya

2 entries
  • ወንጀል noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • ገበን noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Turkish

4 entries
  • cinayet noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • suç noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • suç noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)
  • suç noun (collective criminal acts)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • jenaýat noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Tuvan

1 entries
  • кем-херек noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • зло́чин noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Urdu

3 entries
  • اَپْرادھ noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • جُرْم noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • جِنایَت noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • جىنايەت noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • jinoyat noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • tội phạm noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • tội ác noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Volapük

1 entries
  • klim noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Walloon

1 entries
  • crime noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Welsh

1 entries
  • trosedd noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • misdied noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

White Hmong

1 entries
  • txhaum noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Yiddish

3 entries
  • פֿאַרברעך noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • פֿאַרברעכן noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • פֿאַרברעכערײַ noun (collective criminal acts)

Yoruba

2 entries
  • ìwà ọ̀daràn noun (practice or habit of committing crimes)
  • ọ̀ràn noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Zazaki

2 entries
  • cınayet noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)
  • cırm noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Zulu

1 entries
  • iseleleso noun (specific act committed in violation of the law)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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Baffled by Sherlock Holmes' cryptic remarks, Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.

Source: tatoeba (2002)

Even though he had served his time in prison, the murderer was never quite condoned by the public for his crime.

Source: tatoeba (2014)

So what if I am gay? Is it a crime?

Source: tatoeba (2107)

The director wanted the local Asahi reporter to go to the scene of the crime.

Source: tatoeba (18869)

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