crime | Definition of crime

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

gangsterism, hooliganism, racketeering

malfeasance, misconduct

evil, immorality, sin, wickedness

corruption, depravity

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

2 a regrettable or blameworthy act

it's 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