♦♦ crime /kr'aɪm/ (crimes)
1 [N-VAR]
A crime is an illegal action or activity for which a person can be punished by law.
He and Lieutenant Cassidy were checking the scene of the crime...
Mr Steele has committed no crime and poses no danger to the public...
We need a positive programme of crime prevention.
2 [N-COUNT] usu sing, oft it v-link N to-inf
If you say that doing something is a crime, you think it is very wrong or a serious mistake.
It would be a crime to travel all the way to Australia and not stop in Sydney.
= sin
A crime is an illegal action or activity for which a person can be punished by law.
He and Lieutenant Cassidy were checking the scene of the crime...
Mr Steele has committed no crime and poses no danger to the public...
We need a positive programme of crime prevention.
2 [N-COUNT] usu sing, oft it v-link N to-inf
If you say that doing something is a crime, you think it is very wrong or a serious mistake.
It would be a crime to travel all the way to Australia and not stop in Sydney.
= sin
crime scene (crime scenes)
[N-COUNT]
A crime scene is a place that is being investigated by the police because a crime has taken place there.
Photographs of the crime scene began to arrive within twenty minutes.
A crime scene is a place that is being investigated by the police because a crime has taken place there.
Photographs of the crime scene began to arrive within twenty minutes.
crime wave
also crimewave
[N-SING]
When more crimes than usual are committed in a particular place, you can refer to this as a crime wave.
The country is in the grip of a teenage crime wave.
[N-SING]
When more crimes than usual are committed in a particular place, you can refer to this as a crime wave.
The country is in the grip of a teenage crime wave.
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