crime
31Crime — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Crime (homonymie). Le crime désigne la catégorie des infractions les plus graves, catégorie plus ou moins vaste suivant les pays et systèmes juridiques. Le terme provient du latin crimen, qui signifie en latin… …
32crime — n. 1) to commit, perpetrate a crime 2) to deter; eradicate, stamp out, wipe out; prevent crime 3) an atrocious, brutal, heinous, horrible, infamous, outrageous, vicious crime 4) a daring; economic; major, serious; minor, petty; perfect;… …
33crime */*/*/ — UK [kraɪm] / US noun Word forms crime : singular crime plural crimes 1) a) [countable] an illegal activity or action commit a crime (= do something illegal): She was unaware that she had committed a crime. the scene of a crime (= where it… …
34crime — A crime is held to be an offence which goes beyond the personal and into the public sphere, breaking prohibitory rules or laws, to which legitimate punishments or sanctions are attached, and which requires the intervention of a public authority… …
35crime — There is a conviction among many people in Spain that crime has risen spectacularly since the ending of the Franco dictatorship. Though the statistics indicate a considerable increase in reported crime to a peak around 1989–91, this evidence… …
36crime — 01. The [crime] rate in this country has more or less stayed constant for the last ten years or so. 02. Police believe the man suspected of robbing the bank today is responsible for a number of similar [crimes] which have been committed over the… …
37Crime — Over the past 30 years, the very notion of crime has undergone significant revision in the Russian context. Crimes against the state such as counterrevolutionary activity, membership in banned organizations, and publication of samizdat… …
38crime — [[t]kra͟ɪm[/t]] ♦♦ crimes 1) N VAR A crime is an illegal action or activity for which a person can be punished by law. He and Lieutenant Cassidy were checking the scene of the crime... Mr Steele has committed no crime and poses no danger to the… …
39crime — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. offense, wrong; misdemeanor, felony, outrage; transgression, sin, evil, wrongdoing; illegality, lawbreaking. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An outrageous act] Syn. offense, transgression, misdemeanor, felony …
40crime*/*/*/ — [kraɪm] noun 1) [C] an illegal activity or action She was unaware that she had committed a crime.[/ex] It took police eight years to solve the crime (= find out who did it).[/ex] 2) [U] illegal activities in general new laws to help fight… …
