crime
US: /ˈkɹaɪm/
UK: /kɹˈaɪm/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
crime /kraim/- danh từ
- tội ác
- to commit a crime: phạm tội ác
- war crime: tội ác chiến tranh
- tội lỗi
- (quân sự) sự vi phạm qui chế
- tội ác
- ngoại động từ
- (quân sự) buộc tội, xử phạt
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 [U] activities that involve breaking the law: an increase in violent crime + the fight against crime + Stores spend more and more on crime prevention every year. + petty / serious crime + the connection between drugs and organized crime + He turned to crime when he dropped out of school. + The crime rate is rising. + crime fiction / novels (= stories about crime) + crime figures / statistics
2 [C] ~ (against sb) an illegal act or activity that can be punished by law: to commit a crime (= do sth illegal) + The massacre was a crime against humanity. + In his mind he was about to commit the perfect crime.
See also -
3 (a crime) [sing.] an act that you think is immoral or is a big mistake: It's a crime to waste so much money.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
offence, violation, misdeed, wrong; felony, misdemeanour; lawlessness:
The number of crimes of violence is increasing.
Collocation
1 illegal act
ADJ.
appalling, awful, barbaric, barbarous, bloody, brutal, despicable, dreadful, grave, great, heinous, horrible, horrific, serious, terrible, vicious
one of the most horrific crimes of recent times (figurative) Not returning phone calls is a grave crime in today's culture.
| big, major
the biggest crime since the Great Train Robbery
| lesser, minor, petty
He was charged with the lesser crime of possessing a forged bond, rather than actually forging it.
| real
She claimed that the real crime is that burglars and muggers usually get a light sentence.
| violent | non-violent | perfect
He boasted of having carried out the perfect crime.
| notorious
one of the most notorious crimes in British history
| capital
(= for which the penalty is death)After the reforms the only capital crimes were treason and murder.
| indictable | alleged
She never faced trial for her many alleged crimes.
| unsolved | copycat
the danger of copycat crimes in the wake of the shootings
| motiveless
an apparently motiveless crime
| victimless
Insider dealing has been called a victimless crime.
| white-collar | drug-related | sex/sexual | war | political | terrorist
VERB + CRIME
carry out, commit | report
Many crimes are never reported to the police.
CRIME + VERB
involve sth
crimes involving firearms
| be punishable by sth
crimes punishable by death
PREP.
~ against
crimes against humanity
PHRASES
a crime of passion/violence, the scene of the crime
No weapon was found at the scene of the crime.
2 illegal activity in general
ADJ.
serious | petty | violent | non-violent | recorded | unrecorded | growing, mounting, rising | drug-related | middle-class, working-class, etc. | white-collar
Corporate crime?committed by businesses?should not be confused with white-collar crime, which refers to the occupation of the perpetrator and may be directed against a business.
| business, corporate | organized | juvenile, youth | international, local, regional | rural, urban | car, computer, property, street
attempts to prevent hacking and computer crime
| sex/sexual
VERB + CRIME
carry out, commit | combat, fight, tackle | beat, crack
(informal) Police forces will exchange ideas on cracking crime.
| deter, prevent, stop | control, cut, reduce | detect, investigate
The public have a crucial role to play in detecting crime.
| solve | punish | cause | be driven to, turn to
He says that bored youngsters turn to crime.
CRIME + VERB
double, increase, rise
CRIME + NOUN
figures, level, rate, statistics | control, prevention | problem, wave
the country's crime problem
| squad
a senior detective with the serious crime squad
| syndicate
leading members of an organized crime syndicate
| fiction, novel, series, story
the latest TV crime series
| reporter, writer
the newspaper's crime reporter a new short story by the popular crime writer
PHRASES
a crackdown on crime
a crackdown on drug-related crime
| crime and disorder, crime and punishment, fear of crime
Fear of crime imprisons many elderly people in their homes.
| an increase in crime, a life of crime
Unemployed young people were likely to be tempted into a life of crime.
| sb's partner in crime, a victim of crime
Victims of crime may be able to obtain compensation.
CRIMES:
be guilty of, commit ~
Two key witnesses at her trial committed perjury.
accuse sb of, charge sb with ~
He has been accused of her murder.
convict sb of, find sb guilty of ~
She was found guilty of high treason.
acquit sb of ~
The engineer responsible for the collapse of the bridge was acquitted of manslaughter.
admit, confess to, deny ~
All three men have denied assault. She admitted 33 assault charges.
plead guilty/not guilty to ~
He pleaded guilty to a charge of gross indecency.
investigate (sb for) ~
She is being investigated for suspected bribery.
be suspected for/of ~
He was the least likely to be suspected of her murder.
be/come under investigation for ~
She was the second minister to come under investigation for corruption.
be wanted for ~ be wanted on charges of ~
He was wanted on charges of espionage.
solve
a case, crime, murder, robbery, theftThe police and the public must work together to solve the murder.
arrest sb for ~
Jean was arrested for arson.
be tried for, stand trial for ~
to stand trial for extortion
~ case/trial
The nurse's murder trial continues.
~ charge
The police agreed to drop the conspiracy charges against him.
a charge/count of ~
The jury convicted her on two counts of theft.
Concise dictionary
crimeskraɪmnoun
+(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
+an evil act not necessarily punishable by law
