Definition of crime

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Crime (n.) That which occasion crime.

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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..
Iniquity :: Iniquity (n.) An iniquitous act or thing; a deed of injustice o/ unrighteousness; a sin; a crime.
Incriminate :: Incriminate (v. t.) To accuse; to charge with a crime or fault; to criminate.
Bushwhacking :: Bushwhacking (n.) The crimes or warfare of bushwhackers.
Conviction :: Conviction (n.) A judgment of condemnation entered by a court having jurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the state of being found guilty of any crime by a legal tribunal..
Aggravation :: Aggravation (n.) An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
Debase :: Debase (a.) To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to debase the character by crime; to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar words..
Crime :: Crime (n.) Gross violation of human law, in distinction from a misdemeanor or trespass, or other slight offense. Hence, also, any aggravated offense against morality or the public welfare; any outrage or great wrong..
Villainy :: Villainy (n.) The act of a villain; a deed of deep depravity; a crime.
Enhance :: Enhance (v. t.) To advance; to augment; to increase; to heighten; to make more costly or attractive; as, to enhance the price of commodities; to enhance beauty or kindness; hence, also, to render more heinous; to aggravate; as, to enhance crime..
Condign :: Condign (a.) Deserved; adequate; suitable to the fault or crime.
Patricide :: Patricide (n.) The crime of one who murders his father. Same as Parricide.
Accuser :: Accuser (n.) One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.
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.
Recriminate :: Recriminate (v. i.) To return one charge or accusation with another; to charge back fault or crime upon an accuser.
Crime :: Crime (n.) That which occasion crime.
Folly :: Folly (n.) Scandalous crime; sin; specifically, as applied to a woman, wantonness..
Flagitious :: Flagitious (a.) Characterized by scandalous crimes or vices; as, flagitious times..
Injustice :: Injustice (n.) An unjust act or deed; a sin; a crime; a wrong.
Ruffianly :: Ruffianly (a.) Like a ruffian; bold in crimes; characteristic of a ruffian; violent; brutal.
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