Need another word that means the same as “crime”? Find 34 synonyms and 30 related words for “crime” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Crime” are: criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offence, breach of the law, infraction of the law, violation of the law, misdemeanour, misdeed, wrong, felony, violation, transgression, fault, injury, delinquency, wrongdoing, misconduct, criminality, illegality, villainy, corruption, sin, evil, evil action, atrocity, abomination, enormity, disgrace, outrage, monstrosity, abuse, injustice, affront
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “crime” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| abomination | An action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence. His treatment of the children is an abomination. |
| abuse | A rude expression intended to offend or hurt. Young people who have suffered sexual abuse. |
| affront | A deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect. He took his son s desertion as a personal affront. |
| atrocity | The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane. A textbook which detailed war atrocities. |
| breach of the law | An opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification. |
| corruption | The process of decay; putrefaction. A record of a word s corruption. |
| criminal offence | Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime. |
| criminal offense | Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime. |
| criminality | The state of being a criminal. A regime that sanctions organized criminality. |
| delinquency | A tendency to be negligent and uncaring. Social causes of crime and delinquency. |
| disgrace | A state of dishonor. He left the army in disgrace. |
| enormity | The quality of extreme wickedness. Universities recognized the enormity of their task. |
| evil | A manifestation of profound immorality and wickedness, especially in people’s actions. The various social evils of our modern world. |
| evil action | That which causes harm or destruction or misfortune- Shakespeare. |
| fault | A misguided action or habit. It was his fault she had died. |
| felony | A serious crime (such as murder or arson. An accusation of felony. |
| illegality | An illegal act or practice. Proceedings will be required to establish the illegality of the act. |
| infraction of the law | A crime less serious than a felony. |
| injury | A casualty to military personnel resulting from combat. All escaped without serious injury. |
| injustice | The practice of being unjust or unfair. She was taken aback by the injustice of Nora s remark. |
| law-breaking | An act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act. |
| misconduct | Unacceptable or improper behaviour, especially by an employee or professional person. The general was pardoned for misconduct of the war. |
| misdeed | Improper or wicked or immoral behavior. His past misdeeds were forgiven. |
| misdemeanour | A crime less serious than a felony. The player can expect a suspension for his latest misdemeanour. |
| monstrosity | A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed. They regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity. |
| offence | The action of attacking someone or something. I didn t intend to give offence. |
| outrage | An action or event causing outrage. The massacre was one of the worst outrages in the whole of our history. |
| sin | An act regarded as a serious or regrettable fault, offence, or omission. The human capacity for sin. |
| transgression | The act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle. I ll be keeping an eye out for further transgressions. |
| villainy | The quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior. The villainy of professional racketeers. |
| violation | The crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will. The aircraft were in violation of UN resolutions. |
| violation of the law | Entry to another’s property without right or permission. |
| wrong | Any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right. I was trying to teach my children right from wrong. |
| wrongdoing | Departure from what is ethically acceptable. Police have denied any wrongdoing. |
| arrest | Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of. They placed her under arrest. |
| brigand | A member of a gang that ambushes and robs people in forests and mountains. |
| burgle | Commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling. Our house in London has been burgled. |
| criminal | (of an action or situation) deplorable and shocking. A criminal waste of talent. |
| culpable | Deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious. Culpable negligence. |
| despoil | Steal or violently remove valuable possessions from; plunder. The church was despoiled of its marble wall covering. |
| guilty | Conscious of, affected by, or revealing a feeling of guilt. A guilty secret. |
| homicide | The unlawful killing of one person by another. He was charged with homicide. |
| illegal | Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law. Illegal drugs. |
| infringement | An act that disregards an agreement or a right. The infringement of the right to privacy. |
| larceny | Theft of personal property In English law larceny was replaced as a statutory crime by theft in 1968. |
| pillage | Rob a (place) using violence, especially in wartime. Rebellious peasants intent on pillage. |
| piracy | A practice similar to piracy but in other contexts especially hijacking. Air piracy. |
| plagiarism | A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work. It claims there are similar plagiarisms in the software produced at the university. |
| rob | Overcharge (someone) for something. Poor health has robbed her of a normal social life. |
| robbery | Larceny by threat of violence. An armed robbery. |
| shoplift | Steal in a store. He was spotted shoplifting at the supermarket near his home. |
| shoplifting | The act of stealing goods that are on display in a store. She had convictions for shoplifting. |
| spoliation | The intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence. The spoliation of the Church. |
| steal | An act of stealing something. At 59 95 it s an absolute steal. |
| terrorism | The calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear. International terrorism. |
| theft | The action or crime of stealing. The latest theft happened at a garage. |
| thief | A person who steals another person’s property, especially by stealth and without using force or threat of violence. The thief stole the drugs from a doctor s surgery. |
| thieve | Take by theft. They began thieving again. |
| thievery | The act of taking something from someone unlawfully. Petty thievery. |
| transgression | The action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit. The boy was punished for the transgressions of his father. |
| vagrancy | The state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood. A descent into vagrancy and drug abuse. |
| violate | Violate the sacred character of a place or language. They denied that human rights were being violated. |
| violation | The crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will. The aircraft were in violation of UN resolutions. |
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