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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
The growing crisis prompted the top federal prosecutor in the nation’s capital to call for more accountability over rehabilitation for youth crimes as her office focuses on enhancing enforcement and increasing staffing.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
Prison records show that Bellue has not been convicted of crimes in South Carolina or North Carolina.
—Julia Coin
may 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2026
Investigators from its major crimes unit believe the fire was deliberately set, police said, and one of the teenagers — a 15-year-old girl — is facing charges of arson causing damage to property and possession of incendiary material.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026
Veterans Stadium, The Linc’s predecessor, actually had a jail fitted inside the grounds to reduce crimes, after one fan fired a flare gun into empty seats across the field in 1997.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Thomas went on to link Progressivism to the worst crimes of the twentieth century.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
Stories that discredit Israel’s enemies, such as about Hamas’s crimes against Palestinians in Gaza, are reported grudgingly, if at all.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
Located just 2 miles away from the former insurance building that housed the residual mechanism, the ICC was set up as a permanent, global court to prosecute humanity’s worst crimes and forestall the need to create ad hoc tribunals for every conflict.
—ABC News, 20 May 2026
That’s the job of law enforcement, who make arrests, judges who sentence criminals to pay for their crimes, and a parole board that cares about public safety.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 15 May 2026
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
Prison records show that Bellue has not been convicted of crimes in South Carolina or North Carolina.
—Julia Coin
may 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2026
Investigators from its major crimes unit believe the fire was deliberately set, police said, and one of the teenagers — a 15-year-old girl — is facing charges of arson causing damage to property and possession of incendiary material.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026
Veterans Stadium, The Linc’s predecessor, actually had a jail fitted inside the grounds to reduce crimes, after one fan fired a flare gun into empty seats across the field in 1997.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Thomas went on to link Progressivism to the worst crimes of the twentieth century.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
Stories that discredit Israel’s enemies, such as about Hamas’s crimes against Palestinians in Gaza, are reported grudgingly, if at all.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
Located just 2 miles away from the former insurance building that housed the residual mechanism, the ICC was set up as a permanent, global court to prosecute humanity’s worst crimes and forestall the need to create ad hoc tribunals for every conflict.
—ABC News, 20 May 2026
That’s the job of law enforcement, who make arrests, judges who sentence criminals to pay for their crimes, and a parole board that cares about public safety.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 15 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crimes
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Meanwhile, nine eateries received citations for health code violations such as raw meat stored above prepared food, no valid food manager certification and a lack of employees with a California Food Handler card.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
May 22,
Sacbee.com,
22 May 2026
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The approval was then challenged in court by three Maine residents who claimed that thousands of the signatures were invalid because of defects in the collection and certification process, among other procedural violations.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2026
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Genius and grit can mask a lot of sins.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
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The Orson subplot feels like the show is shooting one too many fish in the barrel, because the sins of the grown-ups provide enough targets on their own.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
17 May 2026
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Dominic Gibson, 20, of North Little Rock faces charges of using another person's property to facilitate a crime, as well as theft and fleeing, all felonies.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 May 2026
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All were indicted for conspiracy to commit offenses under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, as well as other felonies.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
15 May 2026
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Viewers also got a closer look at how Tarek was there for her during the difficult period, especially when the pair had a tearful heart-to-heart and forgave each other for all their past wrongdoings in the first episode.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
6 May 2026
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The goal was to uncover all of the wrongdoings by the former coach tied to his extramarital affair with the 32-year-old football staffer.—
Trey Wallace OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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More recently, Tandy Hills experienced issues with ATVs being driven through the park and damaging wildflowers, sparking outrages on social media from people who demanded the city take action.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Mar. 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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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 May 2026
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His journey will unravel past ghosts and future misdeeds.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
13 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Crimes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crimes. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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