Definition of crime

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

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Perpetration :: Perpetration (n.) The act of perpetrating; a doing; -- commonly used of doing something wrong, as a crime..
Ruffianly :: Ruffianly (a.) Like a ruffian; bold in crimes; characteristic of a ruffian; violent; brutal.
Sacrilege :: Sacrilege (n.) The sin or crime of violating or profaning sacred things; the alienating to laymen, or to common purposes, what has been appropriated or consecrated to religious persons or uses..
Irremissible :: Irremissible (a.) Not remissible; unpardonable; as, irremissible crimes..
Accusable :: Accusable (a.) Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or fault; blamable; -- with of.
Injustice :: Injustice (n.) An unjust act or deed; a sin; a crime; a wrong.
Sake :: Sake (n.) Final cause; end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive; reason; interest; concern; account; regard or respect; -- used chiefly in such phrases as, for the sake of, for his sake, for man's sake, for mercy's sake, and the like; as, to commit crime for the sake of gain; to go abroad for the sake of one's health..
Calumny :: Calumny (n.) False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction..
Scrimer :: Scrimer (n.) A fencing master.
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.
Appellee :: Appellee (n.) The person who is appealed against, or accused of crime; -- opposed to appellor..
Parricide :: Parricide (n.) The act or crime of murdering one's own father or any ancestor.
Infanticide :: Infanticide (n.) One who commits the crime of infanticide; one who kills an infant.
Punish :: Punish (v. t.) To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience..
Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To extend over; to be sufficient for; to comprehend, include, or embrace; to account for or solve; to counterbalance; as, a mortgage which fully covers a sum loaned on it; a law which covers all possible cases of a crime; receipts than do not cover expenses..
Exculpation :: Exculpation (n.) The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.
Falsicrimen :: Falsicrimen () The crime of falsifying.
Penalty :: Penalty (n.) Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime, offense, or trespass..
Fault :: Fault (n.) A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime.
Convict :: Convict (v. t.) To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one's conscience..
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