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WordNet 3.0

  1. n. (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act

Examples

  • “It was still a criminal offense under Israeli law to meet with the PLO when the two courageous Israeli academics, Yair Hirschfeld and his younger colleague Ron Pundak, confirmed their willingness to come to our first meeting in January 1993.”

    Simon & Schuster: A Billion Lives

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hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. transgression
  1. evildoing

hyponyms (32)

Words that are more specific

  1. attempt
  2. tazir crime
  3. lese-majesty
  4. committal
  5. treason
  6. mayhem
  1. infringement
  2. fraud
  3. barratry
  4. infraction
  5. misdemeanor
  6. thuggery
  1. had crime
  2. cybercrime
  3. regulatory offence
  4. commission
  5. capital offense
  6. victimless crime
  1. statutory offence
  2. hijack
  3. high treason
  4. vice crime
  5. violation
  6. perpetration
  1. statutory offense
  2. felony
  3. misdemeanour
  4. war crime
  5. regulatory offense
  6. forgery
  1. highjack
  2. attack

reverse dictionary (26)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. barratry
  2. crime
  3. appeal
  4. ex post facto law
  5. principal
  1. information
  2. wite
  3. regrate
  4. obstruction of justice
  5. to throw the book at
  1. bigamy
  2. perjury
  3. probation
  4. charge
  5. double jeopardy
  1. imputation
  2. lying under oath
  3. bearing false witness
  4. complaint
  5. convict
  1. scandal
  2. subornation
  3. failure
  4. indict
  5. indictment
  1. seduction

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