Topic: CRIME
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abet
accusation
accuse
affray
arson
assault
assault and battery
backhander
battery
bigamy
black market
black marketeer
break-in
breaking and entering
caper
capital
carjacking
cat burglar
contract
cosh
counterfeit(a)
counterfeit(v)
cover
crack
crime
criminal(a)
criminal(n)
criminal law
criminal record
criminology
crook
culpable
culprit
defamation
defraud
delinquency
delinquent(a)
delinquent(n)
desperado
disorderly
drug baron
drug runner
DUI
embezzle
expropriate
extort
eyewitness
felon
felony
fence
fiddle(n)
fiddle(v)
fiddler
filch
finger
fire-raising
first offender
flash
flasher
forge
forger
forgery
foul play
frame
frame-up
fratricide
fraud
freebooter
gang
gang-bang
gang rape
gangster
GBH
genocide
getaway
godfather
grand larceny
grass
grievous bodily harm
heist
hijack(v)
hijack(n)
hijacking
hit
hit-and-run
hit man
incriminate
indecent assault
indecent exposure
infanticide
job
joyriding
juvenile delinquent
kidnap
larceny
libel(n)
libel(v)
libellous
low life
mafioso
malpractice
manslaughter
massacre(n)
massacre(v)
matricide
misappropriate
misconduct
misdeed
misdemeanour
mobster
moll
mug
mugshot
murder(n)
murder(v)
murderer
murderess
muscleman
nark
nefarious
neighbourhood watch
nick
no-go area
offence
offend
offender
old lag
organized crime
outlaw
parricide
patricide
petty larceny
Photofit
piracy
plant
poach
poacher
possession
privateer
protection
prowl
prowler
public nuisance
pull
punk
purloin
raid
ram-raiding
rape(v)
rape(n)
rapist
ravish
receiver
receiving
recidivist
regicide
ring
ringleader
riotous
rob
robber
robbery
roll
rustler
scheme(n)
scheme(v)
shady
shoplift
shoplifting
slander
smuggle
snout
speeding
stabbing
stalking
statutory offence
statutory rape
steal
stoolpigeon
supergrass
suspect
swag
theft
thief
thievish
torch
traffic
trafficker
triad
under-the-counter
underworld
undesirable
vagrancy
vandal
vandalism
vandalize
vice
vigilante
villainy
violate
violation
wanted
| Date: | 1200-1300 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | crimen 'judgment, accusation, crime' |
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crime S2 W2

1 [uncountable] illegal activities in general COLLOCATIONS 
commit crime combat/fight crime turn to crime (=start committing crimes) crime rate (=the amount of crime that happens somewhere) crime figures/statistics crime prevention violent crime serious crime petty crime (=crime that is not very serious) car crime British English street crime victim of crime juvenile/youth crime (=by children and teenagers) tough on crime (=always punishing crime severely)
We moved here because there was very little crime.
crime writer Ed McBain ! Do not say 'make/do (a) crime'. Use commit: Young men are more likely to commit crime. She has committed a terrible crime.

commit crime combat/fight crime turn to crime (=start committing crimes) crime rate (=the amount of crime that happens somewhere) crime figures/statistics crime prevention violent crime serious crime petty crime (=crime that is not very serious) car crime British English street crime victim of crime juvenile/youth crime (=by children and teenagers) tough on crime (=always punishing crime severely)
We moved here because there was very little crime.
crime writer Ed McBain2 [countable] an illegal action, which can be punished by law :
Rape is a very serious crime.
Rape is a very serious crime.3 when someone spends their life stealing and committing other crimes, in order to get money to live
a life of crime
7 used to say that crime does not give you any advantage, because you will be caught and punished - used when warning people not to get involved in crime
crime doesn't pay
8 [singular] something that someone is blamed or criticized for doing - use this when you think someone is treated very unfairly [↪ sin]:
9 said when you think something is very wrong, and someone should not do it :
It would be a crime to waste all that good food.
it's a crime
spoken
It would be a crime to waste all that good food.➔ partners in crime
at partner1 (5), white-collar (2)WORD FOCUS: crime
crimes that involve stealing things: robbery, burglary, theft, shoplifting, fraud, carjacking
crimes that involve attacking people : assault, mugging, murder, rape
someone who commits crimes: criminal, thief, crook, burglar, mugger, robber, pickpocket, rapist, offender, lawbreakercrime ➔ criminal, offence, felony, misdemeanour, organized crime, war crime
