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crime

noun

Synonyms and 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
Synonyms of crime

criminality, lawbreaking, lawlessness
Words Related to crime

outlawry

gangsterism, hooliganism, racketeering

malfeasance, misconduct

wrongdoing

evil, immorality, sin, wickedness

corruption, depravity

malefaction, misdeed, misdoing, offense (or offence), transgression, trespass

2 a regrettable or blameworthy act

  • itʼs a crime to waste food, so give the rest of the pizza to me
Synonyms of crime

disgrace, pity, shame, sin
Words Related to crime

outrage, scandal

3 a breaking of a moral or legal code

  • anyone who commits a crime should expect to be punished for it
Synonyms of crime

breach, debt, error, lawbreaking, malefaction, misdeed, misdoing, offense (or offence), sin, transgression, trespass, violation, wrongdoing
Words Related to crime

bias crime, hate crime

felony, misconduct, misdemeanor, misfeasance

fault, foible, peccadillo

break, infringement

immorality, iniquitousness, iniquity, sinfulness, vice, wickedness

corruption, debauchery, depravity, licentiousness

abuse, criminality, illegality, lawlessness, unlawfulness

descent, downfall, fall
Near Antonyms of crime

blamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, impeccability, innocence, irreproachability

goodness, morality, righteousness, virtue, virtuousness
Antonyms of crime

noncrime

Synonym Discussion of crime

offense, sin, vice, crime, scandal mean a transgression of law. offense applies to the infraction of any law, rule, or code.
    • at that school no offense went unpunished
sin implies an offense against moral or religious law.
    • the sin of blasphemy
vice applies to a habit or practice that degrades or corrupts.
    • regarded gambling as a vice
crime implies a serious offense punishable by the law of the state.
    • the crime of murder
scandal applies to an offense that outrages the public conscience.
    • a career ruined by a sex scandal

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