crime

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an evil act not necessarily punishable by law

   crimes of the heart

2. 2
   noun

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

   the commission of a crime

3. 3
   noun

   Any great sin or wickedness; iniquity.

   Those methods of saving money should be a crime.

4. 4
   noun

   That which occasions crime.

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

5. 5
   noun

   Criminal acts collectively.

   an effort by the police to tackle crime in the city

6. 6
   noun

   The habit or practice of committing crimes.

   Crime doesn’t pay.

7. 7
   verb

   To subject to disciplinary punishment.

   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 […]

8. 8
   verb

   To commit crime.

   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

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