crime
//kɹaɪm//
Forms
- Plural
- crimes
- present (v1)
- crime
- past (v2)
- crimed
- past participle (v3)
- crimed
- present participle
- criming
- 3rd person singular
- crimes
Definitions
1.A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.
- The generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT, can be duped into providing detailed advice on how to commit crimes, ranging from money laundering to the export of weapons to sanctioned countries, a tech startup found.
2.Any great sin or wickedness; iniquity.
- Those methods of saving money should be a crime.
3.Criminal acts collectively.
- The State Department has given Ecuador $81 million since 2018 to help the country with its fight against organized crime and narcotics.
4.The habit or practice of committing crimes.
1.To subject to disciplinary punishment.
2.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.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #856
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English cryme, crime, from Old French crime, crimne, from Latin crīmen.
Displaced native Old English firen.