crime
(countable) A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.
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The whole of society is responsible for no individual crime but for the sum total of all crime, the whole of the working class is not responsible for any individual area of production but for the sum total of all prod…
2/ Does birthright citizenship influence youth crime? Leander Andres, @sbauernschuster.bsky.social et al.: buff.ly/buqNVOc
New research just dropped 📢 From crime and citizenship to AI, fertility, and trade: new RFBerlin Discussion Papers you don’t want to miss 👇
There is mounting concern that the pursuit of Trump’s agenda has triggered an exodus of experienced prosecutors and hampered Miami’s expertise in building major white collar crime and narcotics trafficking cases.
Awful having the best performing staffed and paid NHS! Dreadful having 40% less crime and 21% more police than rUK Don’t start on the lowest child poverty that is reducing whilst increasing rUK! Highest educational…
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(countable) A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.
the commission of a crime
“The whole of society is responsible for no individual crime but for the sum total of all crime, the whole of the working class is not responsible for any individual area of production but for the sum total of all production. We are one prior to the many.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“2/ Does birthright citizenship influence youth crime? Leander Andres, @sbauernschuster.bsky.social et al.: buff.ly/buqNVOc”
— Bluesky· May 2026“New research just dropped 📢 From crime and citizenship to AI, fertility, and trade: new RFBerlin Discussion Papers you don’t want to miss 👇”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Could you get arrested for public urination, if you peed your pants in public, willingly? I'm just wondering, is it a crime if it's done willingly, or if you pull your pants down?”
— r/NoStupidQuestions· May 2026“Stolen Valour is a crime in Australia To everyone in the Community and the Moderators. There's a redditor on here 'OriginalDogeStar' who is impersonating by falsely claiming to be former Officer in Australian Defense Force (army) and many other things”
— r/AskAnAustralian· May 2026
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(countable, obsolete) That which occasions crime.
Those methods of saving money should be a crime.
“There is mounting concern that the pursuit of Trump’s agenda has triggered an exodus of experienced prosecutors and hampered Miami’s expertise in building major white collar crime and narcotics trafficking cases.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Awful having the best performing staffed and paid NHS! Dreadful having 40% less crime and 21% more police than rUK Don’t start on the lowest child poverty that is reducing whilst increasing rUK! Highest educational outcomes, most teachers, free tuition! Disgraceful! #VoteSNP”
— Bluesky· May 2026“he also, it's alleged, funded some of Ian Rankin's crime fiction work, so he could have his own, personal, Rebus.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Why does it feel like a crime against the universe to be ugly like wtf I just want to go outside”
— Bluesky· May 2026“About to dig into some crime fiction checked out from the library.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(countable) Any great sin or wickedness; iniquity.
The generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT, can be duped into providing detailed advice on how to commit crimes — ranging from money laundering to the export of weapons to sanctioned countries — a tech startup found.
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