transcription, транскрипция: [ kraɪm ]
( crimes)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A crime is an illegal action or activity for which a person can be punished by law.
He and Lieutenant Cassidy were checking the scene of the crime...
Mr Steele has committed no crime and poses no danger to the public...
We need a positive programme of crime prevention.
N-VAR
2.
If you say that doing something is a crime , you think it is very wrong or a serious mistake.
It would be a crime to travel all the way to Australia and not stop in Sydney.
= sin
N-COUNT : usu sing , oft it v-link N to-inf [ disapproval ]