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IELTS BNC: 1125 COCA: 828

crime

crime /ˈkraɪm/ noun
plural crimes
crime
/ˈkraɪm/
noun
plural crimes
Learner's definition of CRIME
[count] : an illegal act for which someone can be punished by the government罪;罪行
see also war crime, white-collar crime
[noncount] : activity that is against the law : illegal acts in general犯罪;犯罪活动
often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
◊ Someone's partner in crime is a person who helps someone commit a crime.犯罪同伙;共犯;同犯
[singular] : an act that is foolish or wrong罪恶;罪过

crime against humanity

: a very cruel or terrible illegal act that is directed against a group of people违反人道罪;危害人类罪
IELTS BNC: 1125 COCA: 828

crime

noun

1
: an illegal act for which someone can be punished by the government
especially : a gross violation of law
2
: a grave offense especially against morality
3
: criminal activity
efforts to fight crime
4
: something reprehensible, foolish, or disgraceful
It's a crime to waste good food.
crimeless adjective
Choose the Right Synonym for crime

offense, sin, vice, crime, scandal mean a transgression of law.

offense applies to the infraction of any law, rule, or code.

at that school no offense went unpunished

sin implies an offense against moral or religious law.

the sin of blasphemy

vice applies to a habit or practice that degrades or corrupts.

regarded gambling as a vice

crime implies a serious offense punishable by the law of the state.

the crime of murder

scandal applies to an offense that outrages the public conscience.

a career ruined by a sex scandal

Example Sentences

She paid dearly for her crimes. evidence that helped them solve the crime He was punished for a crime that he didn't commit. the recent increase in violent crime Being single is not a crime. There's no greater crime than forgetting your anniversary. See More
Recent Examples on the Web Officers began to secure the crime scene and contacted Lake County Crime Lab, Lake County Coroners Office and Gary/ Lake County Metro Homicide Unit, according to the release. Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022 The station also reported that animal control had brought out a dog from the crime scene. CBS News, 9 Sep. 2022 Telles had publicly expressed his anger at German and his reporting, and authorities said the politician's DNA was found at the crime scene. Melissa Chan, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2022 Police were already investigating an active crime scene there, according to a search-warrant affidavit obtained by The Oregonian/OregonLive. oregonlive, 9 Sep. 2022 Koren also said that Telles' DNA was also discovered at the crime scene. Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2022 The two teens were later arrested and admitted to where the weapons used at the crime scene had been disposed. Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2022 According to Thursday’s press conference, police recovered DNA from the crime scene that matched DNA taken from Telles. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2022 The contractor found the suspect casing the crime scene the day before the attack. Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 7 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, "wrongdoing, sin," borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Latin crīmin-, crīmen "accusation, charge, indictment, source of an accusation, misdeed, offense," probably from crī-, variant stem of cernere "to sift, discern, decide, determine" + -men, resultative noun suffix (probably originally "decision," then "judicial decision, indictment") — more at certain entry 1

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of crime was in the 14th century
IELTS BNC: 1125 COCA: 828
crime

noun¹

1illegal act罪行ADJECTIVE | VERB + CRIME | CRIME + VERB | CRIME + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEappalling, awful, bloody, brutal, despicable, dreadful, grave, great, heinous, horrible, horrific, serious, terrible, unspeakable, vicious駭人聽聞的罪行;血腥的罪行;殘忍的罪行;卑劣的罪行;嚴重的罪行;令人髮指的罪行one of the most horrific crimes of recent times近期最恐怖的犯罪活動之一big, major重大犯罪行為the biggest crime since the Great Train Robbery火車大劫案以來最大的罪案lesser, minor, petty輕罪He was charged with the lesser crime of possession.他以較輕的非法持有罪被指控。real真正的犯罪She claimed that the real crime is that burglars and muggers usually get a light sentence.她聲稱,對入室盜竊者和搶劫者一般都判輕刑才是真正的犯罪。non-violent, violent非暴力/暴力罪行perfect掩蓋得天衣無縫的罪行He boasted of having carried out the perfect crime.他吹噓說他的這一罪行永遠不會敗露。notorious臭名昭著的罪行one of the most notorious crimes in history歷史上最臭名昭著的罪行之一capital死罪After the reforms the only capital crimes were treason and murder.改革後,只有叛國罪和謀殺罪屬於死罪。alleged指控的罪行She never faced trial for her many alleged crimes.雖然她被指控犯下許多樁罪行,但從未受到審判。unsolved未結案的罪行copycat模仿犯罪the danger of copycat crimes in the wake of the shootings繼幾起槍擊事件之後出現模仿犯罪的風險motiveless沒有動機的犯罪an apparently motiveless crime看似沒有動機的犯罪victimless無受害人的犯罪行為Insider dealing has been called a victimless crime.內幕交易被稱為無受害者的犯罪行為。white-collar白領犯罪drug, drug-related, gun毒品/涉毒/槍支犯罪sex, sexual性犯罪hate(因種族或宗教等導致的)仇恨犯罪a hate crime against a young gay man針對一名同性戀男青年的仇恨犯罪war戰爭罪行political政治犯罪terrorist恐怖主義罪行federal (NAmE) 聯邦犯罪VERB + CRIMEcarry out, commit, do, perpetrate (formal) 進行犯罪活動;犯罪;實施犯罪report報案Many crimes are never reported to the police.許多犯罪案件從未向警方報案。investigate調查罪行solve破案a man who solves crimes using old-fashioned detective work使用老式偵破方法破案的人prosecute (NAmE) 起訴罪行a system of justice to prosecute crimes of terrorism對恐怖主義罪行提起公訴的司法制度punish懲罰犯罪行為Hate crimes are not punished severely enough in my opinion.我認為對仇恨犯罪的懲罰不夠嚴厲。witness目睹罪行a child who has just witnessed a violent crime剛剛親眼目睹了一起暴力犯罪的孩子confess供認犯罪He confessed his crime to his sister.他向姐姐坦白了自己的罪行。CRIME + VERBinvolve sth罪行涉及⋯crimes involving firearms與槍支有關的犯罪行為happen, occur犯罪發生The crime occurred in broad daylight.這罪行發生在光天化日之下。be punishable by sth罪行可受⋯的懲罰crimes punishable by death可判死刑的罪行CRIME + NOUNscene犯罪現場victim犯罪受害人suspect犯罪嫌疑人PREPOSITIONcrime against反⋯的犯罪行為crimes against humanity反人類罪PHRASESa crime of passion, a crime of violence激情/暴力犯罪the scene of the crime犯罪現場No weapon was found at the scene of the crime.犯罪現場沒有發現任何武器。the punishment fits the crime以罪量刑The punishment should fit the crime.量刑應與罪行相當。
crime

noun²

2illegal activity in general不法行為ADJECTIVE | VERB + CRIME | CRIME + VERB | CRIME + NOUN | PHRASES ADJECTIVEserious嚴重的犯罪petty輕微的犯罪non-violent, violent非暴力/暴力犯罪recorded有記錄的犯罪unrecorded無記錄的犯罪growing, mounting, rising日益增多的犯罪活動rampant猖獗的犯罪活動a time of great poverty and rampant crime極度貧困和犯罪猖獗的時代white-collar白領犯罪Identity theft is the fastest growing white-collar crime in the country.身分盜竊是這個國家增長最快的白領犯罪。corporate公司犯罪organized有組織的犯罪juvenile, youth青少年犯罪international, local國際/本地犯罪rural, urban鄉村/城市犯罪car, property, street與汽車有關的/與財產有關的/街頭犯罪drug, drug-related, gun, knife毒品/涉毒/涉槍/持刀犯罪Gun crime is just part of an increasingly lawless society.涉槍犯罪只是法紀日益缺失的社會的一個方面。computer計算機犯罪attempts to prevent hacking and computer crime防止黑客非法入侵和計算機犯罪的種種努力VERB + CRIMEcarry out, commit, perpetrate (formal) 進行犯罪活動;犯罪;實施犯罪combat, fight, tackle打擊犯罪;應對犯罪beat, crack (informal) 打擊犯罪活動Police forces will exchange ideas on cracking crime.警察部門將就打擊犯罪活動交換意見。deter, prevent, stop阻止犯罪;防止犯罪control, cut, reduce控制犯罪;減少犯罪How can we reduce knife crime in our cities?怎樣才能減少我們城市中的持刀行兇犯罪?detect, investigate偵查/調查犯罪活動The public have a crucial role to play in detecting crime.在對犯罪活動的偵查中,公眾起着至關重要的作用。solve偵破犯罪活動punish懲罰犯罪cause引發犯罪be driven to, turn to被迫走上犯罪道路;淪為罪犯He says that bored youngsters turn to crime.他說年輕人無所事事會走上犯罪道路。CRIME + VERBdouble, increase, rise犯罪活動翻倍/增加/上升CRIME + NOUNfigures, level, rate, statistics犯罪數字;犯罪數量;犯罪率;犯罪統計control, prevention罪案控制/預防problem, wave犯罪問題/高發the country's crime problem這個國家的犯罪問題spree瘋狂作案squad重案組a senior detective with the serious crime squad重案組裏的一位資深偵探investigation罪行調查lab (NAmE, informal) 罪證實驗室The computers were sent to a crime lab for analysis.計算機被送到罪證實驗室去分析。family, group, ring, syndicate犯罪家庭/團夥/組織/集團leading members of an organized crime syndicate一個有組織犯罪團夥的主要成員boss, lord犯罪團夥頭目one of New York's biggest crime lords紐約最大的犯罪團夥頭目之一drama, fiction, film, movie, novel, series, show, story, thriller案情劇;犯罪小說;警匪片;犯罪連續劇;刑偵節目;犯罪驚悚片the latest TV crime series最新的罪案電視連續劇reporter, writer報道犯罪活動的記者;犯罪小說作家the newspaper's crime reporter該報的犯罪報道記者a new short story by the popular crime writer由廣受歡迎的犯罪題材作家新寫的一部短篇小說PHRASESa crackdown on crime對犯罪活動的打擊a crackdown on drug-related crime對涉毒犯罪活動的打擊crime and disorder犯罪與治安問題crime and punishment罪與罰fear of crime對犯罪活動的恐懼Fear of crime imprisons many elderly people in their homes.對犯罪活動的懼怕使許多老年人閉門不出。an increase in crime犯罪活動的增加a life of crime犯罪生涯Unemployed young people were likely to be tempted into a life of crime.失業青年很容易走上犯罪之路。sb's partner in crime某人的犯罪同夥a victim of crime犯罪受害人Victims of crime may be able to obtain compensation.犯罪受害人可能會得到賠償。

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