Crime

1. An act committed or omitted in violation of a law forbidding or commanding it and for which punishment is imposed upon conviction.
2. Unlawful activity: statistics relating to violent crime.
3. A serious offense, especially one in violation of morality.
4. An unjust, senseless, or disgraceful act or condition: It's a crime to squander our country's natural resources.

1. (Law) an act or omission prohibited and punished by law
2. (Law) a. unlawful acts in general: a wave of crime. b. (as modifier): crime wave.
3. an evil act
4. something to be regretted: it is a crime that he died young. [C14: from Old French, from Latin crīmen verdict, accusation, crime]

1. an action that is deemed injurious to the public welfare and is legally prohibited.
2. criminal activity and those engaged in it: to fight crime.
3. any serious wrongdoing.
4. a foolish act or practice: It's a crime to let that beautiful garden go to ruin.

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• Crime in: The Free Dictionary