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crime
English
Etymology
From Middle English cryme, crime, from Old French crime, crimne, from Latin cr?men. Displaced native Old English firen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?a?m/
- Rhymes: -a?m
Noun
crime (countable and uncountable, plural crimes)
- (countable) A specific act committed in violation of the law.
- (countable) Any great sin or wickedness; iniquity.
- (countable, obsolete) That which occasions crime.
- (uncountable) Criminal acts collectively.
- Synonyms: criminality, delinquency
- (uncountable) The habit or practice of committing crimes.
Usage notes
- Adjectives often applied to crime: organized, brutal, terrible, horrible, heinous, horrendous, hideous, financial, sexual, international.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
References
- crime on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
crime (third-person singular simple present crimes, present participle criming, simple past and past participle crimed)
- (Britain, military, transitive) To subject to disciplinary punishment.
- 1846, John Mercier McMullen, Camp and Barrack-room, Or, The British Army as it is (page 298)
- Nevertheless, in the course of a few days he is again intoxicated, creates disturbance in his quarters, is confined by his sergeant, crimed, and brought before the commanding officer […]
- 1846, John Mercier McMullen, Camp and Barrack-room, Or, The British Army as it is (page 298)
- (nonce word) To commit crime(s).
See also
- offence
- sin
- administrative infraction (less serious violation of the law)
Anagrams
- REMIC, merci
French
Etymology
From Old French crimne, borrowed from Latin cr?men, from Proto-Italic *kreimen, from Proto-Indo-European *kréymn?, from *krey- (“sieve”) + *-mn?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?im/
- Rhymes: -im
Noun
crime m (plural crimes)
- A category of severe infractions within French law, with the strongest of penalties; a felony. (10 years and more according to law)
- Le meurtre, la trahison, ces sont les crimes punissable par la loi d'une peine lourde.
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
- délit
Further reading
- “crime” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- cimer
- merci
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cr?men.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kri.me/
- Hyphenation: crì?me
Noun
crime m (plural crimi)
- (literary, rare) crime
- Synonyms: crimine, delitto
Related terms
- crimine
References
- crime in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Middle English
Noun
crime
- Alternative form of cryme
Portuguese
Etymology
From French crime, from Latin cr?men.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?kri.mi/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?k?im?/
Noun
crime m (plural crimes)
- crime
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:crime.
Related terms
- criminal
- criminoso
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?krime]
Noun
crime f
- indefinite plural of crim?
- indefinite genitive/dative singular of crim?
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affront
English
Etymology
From Middle English afrounten, from Old French afronter (“to defy”), from Vulgar Latin *affrontare (“to hit in the face”), from Latin ad (“to”) + fr?ns (“forehead”) (English front).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??f??nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
Verb
affront (third-person singular simple present affronts, present participle affronting, simple past and past participle affronted)
- To insult intentionally, especially openly.
- To meet defiantly; to confront.
- to affront death
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 436:
- Avignon was beginning to settle down for the night – that long painful stretch of time which must somehow be affronted.
- (obsolete) To meet or encounter face to face.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:offend
Translations
Noun
affront (plural affronts)
- An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.
- (obsolete) A hostile encounter or meeting.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:offense
Related terms
- effrontery
Translations
References
- “affront”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
French
Etymology
From Old French afront. Synchronically analysable as a deverbal of affronter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.f???/
Noun
affront m (plural affronts)
- affront, insult, snub
Derived terms
- afront
Descendants
- ? Polish: afront
- ? Romanian: afront
Further reading
- “affront” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- offrant
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??fr?nt/
Verb
affront (third-person singular present affronts, present participle affrontin, past affrontit, past participle affrontit)
- to affront; cause to feel ashamed; cause to blush; to humiliate (in front of others), to offend (not necessarily with intention)
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
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