plural noun
Illegal acts that can be punished by law.
Committing crimes is punishable by law.
The detective solved the crimes quickly.
American English
How to pronounce crimes
nounB1Common word
KRAIMZ
/kʰɹaɪmz/
One syllable.
Form of crime
Illegal acts that can be punished by law.
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Useful expressions
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.