Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

precrime

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables: pre-crime
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Before a crime.

noun

The act that is close to, or is a precursor of a crime.

Countable

noun

The tendency in criminal justice systems to focus on crimes not yet committed.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The precrime actions of the murderers in the days and hours before they killed provide clues to their mental states at the time of the murders."
"Held captive by society against their own free wills, the precogs are destined to foretell disturbing precrimes. Yet these precrimes will be committed by persons who are exercising their own free wills."

Etymology

From pre- + crime.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Usage

Inflected Forms

pre-crime (alternative) precrimes (plural)

Questions

What does precrime mean?: Before a crime.
Where does precrime come from?: From pre- + crime.

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