Elementary 📚 Vocabulary · #853 of 1319

crime (n.)

an illegal act

Examples

  • Reduce crime.

Key rules

  • A crime is an illegal act punishable by law
  • Commit a crime, reduce crime
  • Crime is countable and uncountable
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