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a breaking of a moral or legal code
anyone who commits a crime should expect to be punished for it
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Recent Examples of crimes
Undocumented immigrants who are arrested would have a harder time making bail and face greater penalties for election crimes under a bill from Reynolds.
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Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 20 Feb. 2026
Olivia, Bailey’s mother, was really Kate Smith, and her father was Nicholas Bell (David Morse), famous mob lawyer for The Syndicate, or The Organization, a group notorious for crimes and brutal retaliation against their enemies.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026
The legislation excludes people accused of involvement in military rebellions or coups, as well as those charged with serious crimes such as human-rights violations, intentional homicide, drug trafficking and corruption.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said its property crimes detectives were first notified of possible embezzlement at CapRadio in January 2024, a few months after Reina left the nonprofit.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Attorney Warren Lupel, who represented Gary Dotson, a Chicago-area man who went to prison after being convicted of rape and kidnapping but was freed after the woman who accused him of those crimes recanted her testimony, has died.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
Although privacy advocates have praised the ability of encryption to effectively scramble messages so third parties are unable to snoop on people’s conversations, various members of law enforcement have said that doing so impedes their ability to investigate certain crimes.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
What’s relevant is a comparison of the percentage of each group’s crimes to their percentage of the population.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2026
Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway had the option to sentence him to life in prison with the chance for parole after at least 25 years, but Thompson did not face the death penalty given his age at the time of the crimes.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2026
Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 20 Feb. 2026
Olivia, Bailey’s mother, was really Kate Smith, and her father was Nicholas Bell (David Morse), famous mob lawyer for The Syndicate, or The Organization, a group notorious for crimes and brutal retaliation against their enemies.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026
The legislation excludes people accused of involvement in military rebellions or coups, as well as those charged with serious crimes such as human-rights violations, intentional homicide, drug trafficking and corruption.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said its property crimes detectives were first notified of possible embezzlement at CapRadio in January 2024, a few months after Reina left the nonprofit.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Attorney Warren Lupel, who represented Gary Dotson, a Chicago-area man who went to prison after being convicted of rape and kidnapping but was freed after the woman who accused him of those crimes recanted her testimony, has died.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
Although privacy advocates have praised the ability of encryption to effectively scramble messages so third parties are unable to snoop on people’s conversations, various members of law enforcement have said that doing so impedes their ability to investigate certain crimes.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
What’s relevant is a comparison of the percentage of each group’s crimes to their percentage of the population.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2026
Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway had the option to sentence him to life in prison with the chance for parole after at least 25 years, but Thompson did not face the death penalty given his age at the time of the crimes.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crimes
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However, the amnesty explicitly excludes those convicted or prosecuted for homicide, drug trafficking, corruption, grave human rights violations, crimes against humanity and war crimes.—
Alessandra Freitas,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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The legislation excludes people accused of involvement in military rebellions or coups, as well as those charged with serious crimes such as human-rights violations, intentional homicide, drug trafficking and corruption.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2026
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Its roots are in publicly paying penance for serious sins or crimes in the eyes of the church, like adultery or apostasy, which means renouncing the church and its beliefs.—
Lianna Norman,
Florida Times-Union,
16 Feb. 2026
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The attempt to expunge Andrew and his sins from the Royal Family is interesting insofar as it is doomed.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
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Several of the cases filed in recent weeks have already been dropped by prosecutors or reduced from felonies to misdemeanors.—
Isabelle Chapman,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Both charges are second degree felonies.—
Julianna Duennes Russ,
Austin American Statesman,
19 Feb. 2026
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William Johnston, an associate professor of religious studies at the University of Dayton, previously told USA TODAY that abstaining from eating meat is also a form of penance – admitting to any wrongdoings and sins while turning back to belief in God.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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Wasserman, 51, has not been linked to any of Epstein’s wrongdoings or accused of any crimes.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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As has always been the case in my life, my main way of responding to political outrages is through writing and reading.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Rideout’s trial, for example, teemed with outrages.—
S. C. Cornell,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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First of all, don’t hide misdeeds and screwups, which comes naturally by not committing misdeeds and not screwing up.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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When Attia and Epstein met in 2014, the full extent of the latter’s crimes weren’t yet publicly known, but his misdeeds weren’t a secret.—
Tom Bartlett,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Crimes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crimes. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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