crime

Etymology

From Middle English cryme, crime, from Old French crime, crimne, from Latin crīmen. Displaced native Old English firen.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /kɹaɪm/
Audio (General American): (file)
Rhymes: -aɪm

Noun

crime (countable and uncountable, plural crimes)

(countable) A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.
(countable) Any great sin or wickedness; iniquity.
- 1687 (date written), Alexander Pope, “Ode for Musick on St. Cecilia’s Day”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], →OCLC, canto VI, page 376:
  No crime was thine, if 'tis no crime to love.
(countable, obsolete) That which occasions crime.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 46:
  the tree of life, the crime of our first father's fall
(uncountable) Criminal acts collectively.
Synonyms: criminality, delinquency
(uncountable) The habit or practice of committing crimes.
Crime doesn’t pay.

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organized crime
brutal crime
terrible crime
horrible crime
heinous crime
horrendous crime
hideous crime
financial crime
sexual crime
international crime

Translations

specific act committed in violation of the law

Afrikaans: misdryf, misdaad (af)
Albanian: krim (sq) m
Amharic: ወንጀል (wänǧäl)
Arabic: جَرِيمَة (ar) f (jarīma), جِنَايَة (ar) f (jināya)
Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: հանցանք (hy) (hancʻankʻ), հանցագործություն (hy) (hancʻagorcutʻyun)
Aromanian: please add this translation if you can
Assamese: অপৰাধ (oporadh)
Asturian: delitu m
Azerbaijani: cinayət (az)
Bashkir: енәйәт (yenəyət)
Basque: delitua
Belarusian: злачы́нства n (zlačýnstva), злачы́н m (zlačýn)
Bengali: অপরাধ (bn) (oporadh)
Breton: torfed (br) m
Bulgarian: престъпле́ние (bg) n (prestǎplénie)
Burmese: ပြစ်မှု (my) (prachmu.)
Catalan: crim (ca) m, delicte (ca) m, delinquir (ca) (literally “to commit a crime”) (verb phrase)
Cherokee: ᎠᏍᎦᏅᏨ (asganvtsv)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 罪 (zh) (zuì), 罪行 (zh) (zuìxíng), 刑事犯罪 (xíngshì fànzuì), 犯罪 (zh) (fànzuì)
Cornish: drogober m, galweyth m, hager ober m
Corsican: please add this translation if you can
Czech: zločin (cs) m, trestný čin (cs) m
Danish: forbrydelse (da) c
Dutch: misdaad (nl) f
Esperanto: krimo
Estonian: kuritegu (et)
Faroese: brotsgerð f
Finnish: rikos (fi)
French: délit (fr) m(max 10 years imprisonment according to law) crime (fr) m (15 years and more) (nothing strictly between 10 and 15), délinquer (fr) (literally “to commit a crime”) (verb phrase)
Friulian: criminâl m
Galician: delito (gl) m, malfeito m
Georgian: დანაშაული (današauli)
German: Straftat (de) f
Greek: έγκλημα (el) n (égklima), αδίκημα (el) n (adíkima) (law)
Gujarati: અપરાધ n (aparādh)
Hausa: please add this translation if you can
Hawaiian: kalaima
Hebrew: פֶּשַׁע (he) m (pésha'), עֲבֵרָה (he) f ('averá)
Higaonon: sala
Hindi: अपराध (hi) m (aprādh), जुर्म (hi) m (jurm)
Hungarian: bűntény (hu), bűntett (hu), bűncselekmény (hu)
Icelandic: glæpur (is) m
Ido: krimino (io)
Igbo: ihe ojoo
Indonesian: kejahatan (id), pelanggaran (id), pelanggaran hukum
Interlingua: crimine
Irish: coir (ga) f, cion m
Italian: crimine (it) m, delitto (it) m, reato (it) m, delinquere (it) (literally “to commit a crime”) (verb phrase)
Japanese: 犯罪 (ja) (はんざい, hanzai), 罪 (ja) (つみ, tsumi), 犯行 (ja) (はんこう, hankō)
Javanese: angkara
Kannada: ಅಪರಾಧ (kn) (aparādha), ತಕ್ಸೀರು (kn) (taksīru)
Kazakh: қылмыс (qylmys)
Khmer: បទឧក្រិដ្ឋ (bɑt ʼokkrət), ទោស (km) (tooh)
Korean: 범죄(犯罪) (ko) (beomjoe), 죄(罪) (ko) (joe), 범행(犯行) (ko) (beomhaeng)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: sûc (ku), cînayet (ku), tawan (ku)
Kyrgyz: кылмыш (ky) (kılmış)
Ladin: reat m
Lao: ອາດຊະຍາກຳ (ʼāt sa nyā kam), ກຳມະໂທດ (kam ma thōt)
Latin: scelus (la) n, facinus n, maleficium n
Latvian: noziegšanās m, noziegums m
Lithuanian: nusikaltimas (lt) m, nusižengimas m
Luxembourgish: Verbriechen
Macedonian: злосторство n (zlostorstvo), злодело n (zlodelo), недело m (nedelo)
Malay: jenayah (ms)
Malayalam: കുറ്റം (ml) (kuṟṟaṁ), കുറ്റകൃത്യം (kuṟṟakr̥tyaṁ)
Maltese: reat
Manx: loght m
Maori: hara, māhie, taihara
Marathi: बदकर्म m (badkarma)
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: гэмт хэрэг (mn) (gemt xereg)

Mongolian: ᠭᠡᠮᠲᠦ
ᠬᠡᠷᠡᠭ (gemtü kereg)
Nepali: अपराध (ne) (aparādh)
Norman: crînme m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forbrytelse (no) m
Occitan: delicte (oc) m, crim (oc) m
Odia: ଅପରାଧ (aparādha)
Old English: firen f
Oromo: yakka
Ottoman Turkish: صوچ (suç)
Pannonian Rusyn: злодїйство n (zlodjijstvo), криминал m (kriminal)
Pashto: جنايت (ps) m (jenāyat)
Persian:
Dari: جُرْم (jurm), جِنَایَت (jināyat), گُنَاه (gunāh)

Iranian Persian: جُرْم (jorm), بِزِه (beze), جِنایَت (jenâyat)
Plautdietsch: Vebräakjen n
Polish: przestępstwo (pl) n, zbrodnia (pl) f
Portuguese: crime (pt) m, delinquir (pt) (literally “to commit a crime”) (verb phrase)
Punjabi: ਜੁਰਮ (pa) (juram), ਅਪਰਾਧ (pa) (aparādh)
Romanian: infracțiune (ro), crimă (ro) f, fapt penal (ro) n
Romansch: crim m
Russian: преступле́ние (ru) n (prestuplénije), злодея́ние (ru) n (zlodejánije), злоде́йство (ru) n (zlodéjstvo)
Sanskrit: अकृत्य (sa) n (akṛtya), एनस् (sa) n (enas)
Sardinian: please add this translation if you can
Scots: crime, wrang-daein
Scottish Gaelic: eucoir f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: зло̀чин m

Roman: zlòčin (sh) m
Sicilian: please add this translation if you can
Sindhi: please add this translation if you can
Sinhalese: අපරාධය (si) (aparādhaya)
Slovak: zločin m
Slovene: zločin (sl) m
Somali: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: delito (es) m, crimen (es) m, delinquir (es) (literally “to commit a crime”) (verb phrase)
Swahili: uhalifu (sw) class u, jinai (sw) class ma
Swedish: brott (sv) n
Tagalog: krimen
Tajik: ҷиноят (jinoyat), ҷурм (jurm)
Tamil: குற்றம் (ta) (kuṟṟam)
Tatar: җинаять (tt) (cinayat’)
Telugu: నేరము (te) (nēramu)
Thai: อาชญากรรม (th) (àat-yaa-gam)
Tibetan: ཉེས་པ (nyes pa)
Tigrinya: ወንጀል (wänǧäl), ገበን (gäbän)
Turkish: suç (tr), cinayet (tr)
Turkmen: jenaýat (tk)
Tuvan: кем-херек (kem-xerek)
Ukrainian: зло́чин (uk) m (zlóčyn)
Urdu: جُرْم m (jurm), اَپْرادھ m (aprādh), جِنایَت f (jināyat)
Uyghur: جىنايەت (jinayet)
Uzbek: jinoyat (uz)
Vietnamese: tội ác (vi) (罪惡), tội phạm (vi) (罪犯)
Volapük: klim
Walloon: crime (wa) m
Welsh: trosedd (cy) m
West Frisian: misdied
White Hmong: txhaum
Wolof: please add this translation if you can
Xhosa: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: פֿאַרברעך n (farbrekh), פֿאַרברעכן n (farbrekhn)
Yoruba: please add this translation if you can
Zazaki: cırm, cınayet
Zulu: iseleleso

practice or habit of committing crimes

Arabic: جَرِيمَة (ar) f (jarīma)
Armenian: հանցավորություն (hy) (hancʻavorutʻyun)
Catalan: crim (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 罪行 (zh) (zuìxíng)
Czech: zločinnost f
Danish: kriminalitet c
Dutch: misdaad (nl) f
Esperanto: krimado
Estonian: kuritegevus
Finnish: rikollisuus (fi), rikos (fi)
French: délit (fr) m(under 10 years imprisonment according to law) crime (fr) m (10 years and more)
German: Verbrechen (de) n
Greek: έγκλημα (el) n (égklima)
Hebrew: פֶּשַׁע (he) m (pésha')
Hungarian: bűnözés (hu)
Italian: criminalità (it) f
Japanese: 犯罪 (ja) (はんざい, hanzai), 罪 (ja) (つみ, tsumi)
Korean: 범죄(犯罪) (ko) (beomjoe)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: جەریمە (cerîme)
Macedonian: злосторство n (zlostorstvo)
Maltese: kriminalità f
Norman: crînme m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kriminalitet (no) m
Portuguese: crime (pt) m, criminalidade (pt) f
Romanian: criminalitate (ro) f
Russian: преступле́ние (ru) n (prestuplénije), престу́пность (ru) n (prestúpnostʹ), кримина́л (ru) m (kriminál)
Scottish Gaelic: eucoireachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: зло̀чин m

Roman: zlòčin (sh) m
Slovene: zločin (sl) m
Spanish: delincuencia (es) f
Swedish: brottslighet (sv) c
Yoruba: ìwà ọ̀daràn

collective criminal acts

Finnish: rikollisuus (fi)
German: Kriminalität (de) f
Greek: εγκληματικότητα (el) f (egklimatikótita)
Indonesian: kriminalitas (id)
Romanian: delicvență (ro) f
Russian: кримина́л (ru) m (kriminál)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кримѝна̄л m

Roman: krimìnāl (sh) m
Spanish: delincuencia (es) f, criminalidad f
Swedish: brottslighet (sv) c, kriminalitet (sv) c
Yiddish: פֿאַרברעכערײַ n (farbrekheray)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

French: délit (fr) m(under 10 years imprisonment according to law) crime (fr) m (10 years and more) (1, 2)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} kejahatan (id)
Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} nusikaltimas (lt) m
Malayalam: ^{(please verify)} കുറ്റം (ml) (kuṟṟaṁ), ^{(please verify)} കുറ്റകൃത്യം (kuṟṟakr̥tyaṁ)
Manchu: ^{(please verify)} weile
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} infracțiune (ro) f, ^{(please verify)} delict (ro) n
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} నేరప్రవృత్తి (nērapravr̥tti)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} suç (tr)

References

crime on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

crime (third-person singular simple present crimes, present participle criming, simple past and past participle crimed)

(UK, military, transitive) To subject to disciplinary punishment.
- 1846, John Mercier McMullen, Camp and Barrack-room, Or, The British Army as it is, page 298:
  Nevertheless, in the course of a few days he is again intoxicated, creates disturbance in his quarters, is confined by his sergeant, crimed, and brought before the commanding officer […]
(nonce word) To commit crime.
- 1987, Robert Sampson, Yesterday's Faces: From the Dark Side, →ISBN, page 61:
  If, during the 1920s, the master criminal was a gamester, criming for self expression, during the 1930s he performed in other ways for other purposes.

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REMIC, merci

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