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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary crime ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin crimen accusation, reproach, crime; probably akin to Latin cernereto sift, determine DATE 14th century 1. an act or the commission of an act that is forbidden or the omission of a duty that is commanded by a public law and that makes the offender liable to punishment by that law; especially : a gross violation of law 2. a grave offense especially against morality 3. criminal activity efforts to fight crime 4. something reprehensible, foolish, or disgraceful it's a crime to waste good food Synonyms: see offense English Etymology crime mid-13c., from O.Fr . crimne, from L. crimen (gen. criminis) "charge, indictment, offense," from cernere "to decide, to sift" (see crisis). But Klein rejects this and suggests *cri-men, which would originally have been "cry of distress." The L. word is glossed in O.E. by facen, also "deceit, fraud, treachery." Crime wave first attested 1920 (in headline in the "Times" of London).http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ crime crime / kraim / noun1. [U] activities that involve breaking the law 犯罪活动；不法行为: an increase in violent crime 暴力犯罪活动的增加 the fight against crime 与犯罪活动的斗争 Stores spend more and more on crime prevention every year. 商店每年在防止犯罪方面的花费越来越多。 petty / serious crime 轻微的/严重的犯罪 the connection between drugs and organized crime 毒品与有组织犯罪之间的联系 He turned to crime when he dropped out of school. 他辍学后沦为罪犯。 The crime rate is rising. 犯罪率正在上升。 crime fiction / novels (= stories about crime) 描写犯罪活动的小说 crime figures / statistics 犯罪数字/统计数字 She's a crime writer (= she writes stories about crime). 她是罪案小说作家。 2. [C] ~ (against sb) an illegal act or activity that can be punished by law 罪；罪行: to commit a crime (= do sth illegal) 犯罪 The massacre was a crime against humanity. 这场大屠杀是一桩反人类的罪行。 ⇨ see also war crime 3. a crime [sing.] an act that you think is immoral or is a big mistake 不道德的行为；罪过: It's a crime to waste so much money. 挥霍这么多钱是一种罪过。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English crime noun 1 illegal act ADJ. appalling, awful, barbaric, barbarous, bloody, brutal, despicable, dreadful, grave, great, heinous, horrible, horrific, serious, terrible, vicious one of the most horrific crimes of recent times (figurative) Not returning phone calls is a grave crime in today's culture. | big, major the biggest crime since the Great Train Robbery | lesser, minor, petty He was charged with the lesser crime of possessing a forged bond, rather than actually forging it. | real She claimed that the real crime is that burglars and muggers usually get a light sentence. | violent | non-violent | perfect He boasted of having carried out the perfect crime. | notorious one of the most notorious crimes in British history | capital (= for which the penalty is death) After the reforms the only capital crimes were treason and murder. | indictable | alleged She never faced trial for her many alleged crimes. | unsolved | copycat the danger of copycat crimes in the wake of the shootings | motiveless an apparently motiveless crime | victimless Insider dealing has been called a victimless crime. | white-collar | drug-related | sex/sexual | war | political | terrorist VERB + CRIME carry out, commit | report Many crimes are never reported to the police. CRIME + VERB involve sth crimes involving firearms | be punishable by sth crimes punishable by death PREP. ~ against crimes against humanity PHRASES a crime of passion/violence, the scene of the crime No weapon was found at the scene of the crime. 2 illegal activity in general ADJ. serious | petty | violent | non-violent | recorded | unrecorded | growing, mounting, rising | drug-related | middle-class, working-class, etc. | white-collar Corporate crime?committed by businesses?should not be confused with white-collar crime, which refers to the occupation of the perpetrator and may be directed against a business. | business, corporate | organized | juvenile, youth | international, local, regional | rural, urban | car, computer, property, street attempts to prevent hacking and computer crime | sex/sexual VERB + CRIME carry out, commit | combat, fight, tackle | beat, crack (informal) Police forces will exchange ideas on cracking crime. | deter, prevent, stop | control, cut, reduce | detect, investigate The public have a crucial role to play in detecting crime. | solve | punish | cause | be driven to, turn to He says that bored youngsters turn to crime. CRIME + VERB double, increase, rise CRIME + NOUN figures, level, rate, statistics | control, prevention | problem, wave the country's crime problem | squad a senior detective with the serious crime squad | syndicate leading members of an organized crime syndicate | fiction, novel, series, story the latest TV crime series | reporter, writer the newspaper's crime reporter a new short story by the popular crime writer PHRASES a crackdown on crime a crackdown on drug-related crime | crime and disorder, crime and punishment, fear of crime Fear of crime imprisons many elderly people in their homes. | an increase in crime, a life of crime Unemployed young people were likely to be tempted into a life of crime. | sb's partner in crime, a victim of crime Victims of crime may be able to obtain compensation. • Note at CRIME OLT crime noun ⇨ crime 1 (the fight against crime)⇨ crime 2 (commit a crime)⇨ disgrace 1 (It's a crime to waste so much money.) Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged crime I. \ˈkrīm\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin crimen accusation, fault, crime; perhaps akin to Old High German scrīan to cry out — more at scream 1. a. : an act or the commission of an act that is forbidden or the omission of a duty that is commanded by a public law of a sovereign state to the injury of the public welfare and that makes the offender liable to punishment by that law in a proceeding brought against him by the state by indictment, information, complaint, or similar criminal procedure : an offense against public law (as a misdemeanor, felony, or act of treason) providing a penalty against the offender but not including a petty violation of municipal regulation — compare delict , malice , malum in se, malum prohibitum, tort , wrong b. : an offense against the social order or a violation of the mores that is dealt with by community action rather than by an individual or kinship group 2. obsolete a. : charge , accusation b. : cause for accusation or reproach 3. a. : a gross violation of law — distinguished from misdemeanor, trespass b. : a grave or aggravated offense against or departure from moral rectitude 4. : criminal activity : conduct in violation of the law 5. a. : an evil act : sin : a violation of divine law; especially : a grievous sin b. : sinful conduct : wrongdoing 6. : something reprehensible, foolish, indiscreet, or disgraceful < it's a crime to waste good food > < the bishop's crime was that he dogmatized — Walter Moberly > II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) slang Britain : to indict and punish (a soldier) for a minor infraction of military rules |
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