crime
A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.
The next four thousand English words by corpus frequency. Definitions adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.
Against the law; forbidden by law.
A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
A single criterion.
Inclined to find fault or criticize.
The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed.
To be at cross-purposes is to have conflicting goals or intentions.
Cross-breeding.
the best or most important part of something
A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.
To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.
That cries.
Pertaining to culture.
A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, bearing the symbol of a cup or chalice.
Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.
The set of courses, coursework, and content offered at a school or university.
A gentle bend, such as in a road.
The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.
Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.
The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods.
Corporal punishment at school.
The action of the verb to cut.
An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
The activity of riding cycles, especially bicycles (for transport, sport, physical exercise, recreation, tourism...)
That has suffered damage.
The money paid or awarded to a claimant (in England), a pursuer (in Scotland) or a plaintiff (in the US) in a civil action as compensation for a loss suffered by the same.
A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
The activity of taking part in a dance.
Exposure to likely harm; risk of death or serious injury.
Full of danger.
To have enough courage (to do something).
The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.
A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.
Marked with a date.
A form of romantic courtship typically between two individuals with the aim of assessing the other's suitability as a partner in an intimate relationship or as a spouse.
To assuage; soften; mitigate; relieve; calm; alleviate (pain).
To begin to brighten with daylight.
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
To become disconnected from a network.
A time limit in the form of a date on or before which something must be completed.
Causing death; lethal.
One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman.
A business transaction.
A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).
High in price; expensive.
To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.
An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.
A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or some other area.
declared
A group, set, or series of ten , particularly
Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
The act of making a decision.
An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.
Openly avowed.
Downward movement, fall.
Directed obliquely.
Of a quantity, to become smaller.
Devoted; loyal; conscientious.