American English
/kʰɹaɪm/
One syllable.
An illegal act that can be punished by law.
Practice out loudAn illegal act that can be punished by law.
Police say the crime was carefully planned.
He was charged with a serious crime.
Use a crime for one illegal act. Use crime for illegal activity in general.
commit a crime · serious crime · violent crime · be charged with a crime
someone commits a crime
someone is charged with a crime
Illegal activity in general, especially in a particular place or period of time.
Crime is rising in some large cities.
The new program aims to prevent crime.
crime rate · rising crime · fight crime · prevent crime
crime is increasing in a place
the police fight crime
The place where an illegal act happened.
The police arrived at the crime scene.
Illegal activity planned and carried out by a group.
Organized crime is hard to stop.