crime
(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,446 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 12,687 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act also: criminal offense, criminal offence, law-breaking a long record of crimes
- an evil act not necessarily punishable by law crimes of the heart
crime in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Such a crime would never have entered your head under any conditions.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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All her innocent, solitary, dreamy days quite over, her happiness vanished; her regrets become a crime.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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But alas! even crime has power to reproduce itself and create conditions favorable to its own existence.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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That's magic, and magic is wicked and unlawful; and you stole money, and that's a still greater crime.
The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1
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Doubtless, in the bottom of his heart, he wished that Paris might be destroyed, and, with it, the evidences of his crime.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1