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crime

Pronunciation: /kʁim/

“crime” is a French word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. a category of severe offences within French law, comparable to a felony under United States laws. Crime are tied to the strongest of penalties, 10 years and more according to law.

In French

  1. Infraction très grave, à la morale ou à la loi.
  2. Infraction que la loi punit d’une peine infamante ou afflictive et infamante, par opposition au délit et à la contravention.
  3. Homicide volontaire, meurtre.
  4. Action blâmable ou condamnable.
  5. Faute légère.
  6. L'ensemble des personnes criminelles, des actes criminels.
  7. Atténuation des divers sacres et jurons, plus spécialement crisse, manifestant une certaine émotion.

Etymology

Inherited from Old French crimne, borrowed from Latin crīmen, from Proto-Italic *kreimen, from Proto-Indo-European *kréymn̥, from *krey- (“sieve”) + *-mn̥.

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