crime
To subject to disciplinary punishmentTo subject to disciplinary punishment.
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» I went to the scene of the crime.
Ich begab mich zum Tatort. — samueldora
Я пошёл на место преступления. — Hellerick
Я отправился на место преступления. — marafon
Я відправився на місце злочину. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(UK, transitive)To subject to disciplinary punishment.
(nonce word)To commit crime.
Examples
1172 sentencesI went to the scene of the crime.
Я відправився на місце злочину. — deniko
ruЯ пошёл на место преступления. — Hellerick
deIch begab mich zum Tatort. — samueldora
There is a lot of crime in big cities.
У великих містах високий рівень злочинності. — deniko
I have every reason to believe that he is innocent of the crime.
Маю всі підстави вважати, що він не винен у злочині. — brambury
ruУ меня есть все причины верить, что он невиновен в преступлении. — RU
deIch habe gute Gründe zu glauben, dass er an dem Verbrechen unschuldig ist. — Haehnchenpaella
She committed a crime.
Вона скоїла злочин. — deniko
ruОна совершила преступление. — FeuDRenais
deSie beging ein Verbrechen. — Espi
Love isn't a crime.
Кохання — не злочин. — deniko
Origin
From Middle English cryme, crime, from Old French crime, crimne, from Latin crīmen. DisplaFrom Middle English cryme, crime, from Old French crime, crimne, from Latin crīmen. Displaced native Old English firen.
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Forms
crimes, criming, crimed, crimedWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- crimes crimes
- commit the crime
- for a crime
- of the crime
- crime rate
- is a crime
- the crimes crimes
- his crimes crimes
- the crime rate
- committed a crime
- for his crimes
- any crime
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.