n.
1) to commit, perpetrate a ~
2) to deter; eradicate, stamp out, wipe out; prevent ~
3) an atrocious, brutal, heinous, horrible, infamous, outrageous, vicious ~
4) a daring; economic; major, serious; minor, petty; perfect; political; victimless; violent; war ~; (a) white collar ~; a ~ of passion
5) organized ~
6) a ~ against (a ~ against humanity)
7) a ~ to + inf. (it was a ~ to butcher French like that)
8) a ~ that + clause (it is a ~ that so many people go to bed hungry)
9) ( misc. ) to investigate a ~; to report a ~ (to the police); it's a ~ the way he behaves