Definition of life of crime
:habitual breaking of the law
- He turned to a life of crime as a teenager.
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life
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: the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body
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: a principle or force that is considered to underlie the distinctive quality of animate beings
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: an organismic state characterized by capacity for metabolism (see metabolism 1), growth, reaction to stimuli, and reproduction
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: of or relating to animate being
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: lifelong
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: using a living model
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crime
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: an illegal act for which someone can be punished by the government
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: a grave offense especially against morality
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: criminal activity
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