Definition of Crime

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Definition of Crime

Crime

Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law.

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.

Any great wickedness or sin; iniquity.

That which occasion crime.

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Crime Quotations

One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.
Ronald Reagan

No crime is so great as daring to excel.
Winston Churchill

Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?
George Carlin

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.
Ayn Rand

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.
Theodore Roosevelt

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.
Henry David Thoreau

The worst crime is faking it.
Kurt Cobain

Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.
Will Rogers

We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?
Will Rogers

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Crime Translations

crime in Danish is forbrydelse
crime in Dutch is misdaad, misdrijf
crime in French is crime
crime in German is Untat, Verbrechen, Verbrechen
crime in Italian is crimine
crime in Latin is vitium, dedecus, malum, facina -oris
crime in Norwegian is forbrytelse
crime in Spanish is crimen

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