crime
/kɹaɪm/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.89 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To commit crime.
name
A particular security exploit against secret Web cookies over connections using the HTTPS and SPDY protocols that also use data compression. It relies on observing the change in size of the compressed ciphertext for various inputs.
Example Sentences
- "the commission of a crime"
- "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."
- "Trump’s crimes are considered white collar, which are usually nonviolent and often include fraud and corruption, according to the FBI. White collar crime “isn’t thought of as threatening in the same way as street crime, and high-status white offenders are not as burdened by criminal stigma,” Western said."
- "Those methods of saving money should be a crime."
- "No crime was thine, if 'tis no crime to love."
- "the tree of life, the crime of our first father's fall"
Etymology
From Middle English cryme, crime, from Old French crime, crimne, from Latin crīmen. Displaced native Old English firen.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kɹaɪm/
- British English: /kɹaɪm/
Usage
- Countable
- Obsolete
- Uncountable
- British usage
- Transitive verb