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crime
1: an act or the commission of an act that is forbidden or the omission of a duty that is commanded by a public law and that makes the offender liable to punishment by that law
; especially : a gross violation of law2: a grave offense especially against morality3: criminal activity <efforts to fight crime>4: something reprehensible, foolish, or disgraceful <it's a crime to waste good food>
synonyms see offense
— crime·less
\-ləs\
adjective
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