Crime /(krīm)/

Crime

n.
  1. Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law.
  2. Gross violation of human law, in distinction from a misdemeanor or trespass, or other slight offense. Hence, also, any aggravated offense against morality or the public welfare; any outrage or great wrong.
  3. Any great wickedness or sin; iniquity.
    No crime was thine, if 'tis no crime to love.
  4. That which occasion crime. [Obs.]
    The tree of life, the crime of our first father's fall.

Phrases & Compounds
Capital crime
a crime punishable with death.