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Synonyms & Antonyms of crime
1
activities that are in violation of the laws of the state
- a promise by the president to step up the war against crime
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3
a breaking of a moral or legal code
- anyone who commits a crime should expect to be punished for it
Synonyms for crime
- breach,
- debt,
- error,
- lawbreaking,
- malefaction,
- misdeed,
- misdoing,
- offense
- (or offence),
- sin,
- transgression,
- trespass,
- violation,
- wrongdoing
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