Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "crime" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

justice

Typical Location

demonstration jail

Capable Of

anger person consist of stealing item result in punishment takes place in street

Causes

punishment of offender

Causes Desire

bring in verdict conduct trial impanel jury pass sentence serve justice

Dbpedia Language

english language

Defined As

entertainment of fool

Derived Terms

aftercrime anticrime autocrime biocrime capital crime consensual crime crimance crime buster crime car crime doesn't pay crime fighter crime index crime lord crime mapping crime passionel crime rate crime scene crime science crime scientist crime sheet crime wave crime-buster crime-fighter crime-free crime-ridden crimebuster crimebusting crimefighter crimefighting crimefree crimeful crimeless crimelike crimeproof crimeridden crimestopper crimethink crimeware crimewave crimie criminal criminal law criminal record criminally criminological criminologically criminologist criminology crimo crimogenic cybercrime decrime decriminalisation decriminalise decriminalization decriminalize e-crime enviro-crime envirocrime facecrime hate-crime he who said the rhyme did the crime impediment of crime knife crime knifecrime no crime no-crime noncrime noncriminal occupational crime organizational crime partner in crime perfect crime political crime pre-crime precrime recriminalisation recriminalise recriminalization recriminalize stranger crime street crime thoughtcrime tough on crime true crime uncrime victimless crime white-collar crime youth crime

Context

computing criminal law nonstandard

Has Property

increasing

Part Of (Holonyms)

crimewave

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

evildoing iniquity misdeed offence offense transgression

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

assault burglary crime against humanity crime against nature crime of passion crime tourism criminal act felony fraud hate crime high crime infraction international crime kidnap killing misdemeanor misdemeanour murder organised crime organized crime petty crime postcrime rape regulatory offence sex crime sexual offence smuggling summary crime theft time crime war crime white collar crime

Type Of (IsA)

act activity film hate crime scary thing social problem transgression violation of law

Not Has Property

good

Receives Action

committed committed with weapon reduced by addressing social causes

Related Terms

administrative infraction delictual felony offence sin

Related Terms

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Synonym Network

delinquency

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.