Definition of crime

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

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Notoriety :: Notoriety (n.) The quality or condition of being notorious; the state of being generally or publicly known; -- commonly used in an unfavorable sense; as, the notoriety of a crime..
Piracy :: Piracy (n.) The act or crime of a pirate.
Notorious :: Notorious (a.) Generally known and talked of by the public; universally believed to be true; manifest to the world; evident; -- usually in an unfavorable sense; as, a notorious thief; a notorious crime or vice..
Grade :: Grade (n.) A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of flour..
Peccadillo :: Peccadillo (n.) A slight trespass or offense; a petty crime or fault.
Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime..
Enormous :: Enormous (a.) Exceedingly wicked; outrageous; atrocious; monstrous; as, an enormous crime..
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..
Crime :: Crime (n.) That which occasion crime.
Odfend :: Odfend (v. i.) To transgress the moral or divine law; to commit a crime; to stumble; to sin.
Criminology :: Criminology (n.) A treatise on crime or the criminal population.
Culpable :: Culpable (a.) Guilty; as, culpable of a crime..
Perpetration :: Perpetration (n.) The act of perpetrating; a doing; -- commonly used of doing something wrong, as a crime..
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..
Commit :: Commit (v. t.) To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault..
Parricide :: Parricide (n.) The act or crime of murdering one's own father or any ancestor.
Instigate :: Instigate (v. t.) To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; -- used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as to instigate one to a crime.
Criminate :: Criminate (v. t. ) To involve in a crime or in its consequences; to render liable to a criminal charge.
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..
Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To make acknowledgment or avowal in a matter pertaining to one's self; to acknowledge, own, or admit, as a crime, a fault, a debt..
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