crime
/kɹaɪm/ noun A2- A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law. · the commission of a crime
- Any great sin or wickedness; iniquity. · Those methods of saving money should be a crime.
- Criminal acts collectively. · an effort by the police to tackle crime in the city
- The habit or practice of committing crimes. · Crime doesn’t pay.
Plural crimes
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“And then,” said Madame de Villefort, endeavoring by a struggle, and with effort, to get away from her thoughts, “however skilfully it is prepared, crime is always crime, and if it avoid human scrutiny, it does not escape the eye of God.
“Oh, as for parricides, and such dreadful people as that,” interposed Renée, “it matters very little what is done to them; but as regards poor unfortunate creatures whose only crime consists in having mixed themselves up in political intrigues——”
With the deputy’s knowledge of crime and criminals, every word the young man uttered convinced him more and more of his innocence.
I know not, sir, when I got this habit of yawning, nor whether these attacks of howling were inflicted on me as a judgment for my crimes, or for any other cause; but this I do know, that when I yawn for the third time, I actually turn into a wolf and attack men.” With this speech he commenced a second fit of yawning and again howled like a wolf, as he had at first.
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