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crimes
 
Noun crime has 2 senses
  1. crime, law-breaking - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"
    --1 is a kind of transgression, evildoing
    --1 has particulars:
     capital offense; cybercrime; felony; forgery; fraud; Had crime; hijack, highjack; mayhem; misdemeanor, misdemeanour, infraction, offence, offense, violation, infringement; perpetration, commission, committal; attack, attempt; Tazir crime; statutory offense, statutory offence, regulatory offense, regulatory offence; thuggery; treason, high treason, lese majesty; vice crime; victimless crime; war crime
    Derived forms: verb criminate1, verb incriminate1, verb incriminate2, verb criminalise1
  2. crime - an evil act not necessarily punishable by law; "crimes of the heart"
    --2 is a kind of     transgression, evildoing
    Derived form: verb incriminate1
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