Definition of crime

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Crime (n.) Any great wickedness or sin; iniquity.

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Accomplice :: Accomplice (n.) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory..
Accusation :: Accusation (n.) The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense.
Villainy :: Villainy (n.) The act of a villain; a deed of deep depravity; a crime.
Innoxious :: Innoxious (a.) Free from crime; pure; innocent.
Appellee :: Appellee (n.) The person who is appealed against, or accused of crime; -- opposed to appellor..
Lack :: Lack (n.) Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.
Transgression :: Transgression (n.) The act of transgressing, or of passing over or beyond any law, civil or moral; the violation of a law or known principle of rectitude; breach of command; fault; offense; crime; sin..
Remorse :: Remorse (n.) The anguish, like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life..
Lag :: Lag (v. t.) To transport for crime.
Innocence :: Innocence (n.) The state or quality of being not chargeable for, or guilty of, a particular crime or offense; as, the innocence of the prisoner was clearly shown..
Calumny :: Calumny (n.) False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction..
Prolicide :: Prolicide (n.) The crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth..
Convict :: Convict (n.) A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime.
Inexpiable :: Inexpiable (a.) Admitting of no expiation, atonement, or satisfaction; as, an inexpiable crime or offense..
Impeachable :: Impeachable (a.) That may be impeached; liable to impeachment; chargeable with a crime.
Infamous :: Infamous (a.) Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness..
Mittimus :: Mittimus (n.) A precept or warrant granted by a justice for committing to prison a party charged with crime; a warrant of commitment to prison.
Torture :: Torture (n.) Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel..
Criminal :: Criminal (a.) Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal code..
Police :: Police (n.) A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough..
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