Phrase Hound found 26 phrases and 15 compound words that contain crimes. The most common are listed below. Open crimes in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 26
- war crimesplural of war crime: A punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war by any person or persons, military or civilian.
- hate crimesplural of hate crime: A crime motivated by hate for a race, gender, religion, etc., which may result in harsh punishments, the severity of which varies by statute and the nature of the crime.
- Violent Crimes
- crimes against humanityplural of crime against humanity: A very destructive and immoral act; later specifically, something causing widespread human misery or loss of life; an atrocity.
- sex crimesplural of sex crime: An unlawful sexual act.
- crimes of passionplural of crime of passion: A crime, typically a violent crime such as assault or murder, committed against a loved one because of sudden jealous rage or heartbreak rather than as a premeditated act.
- capital crimesplural of capital crime: Any crime that is punishable by death.
- high crimesplural of high crime: A major crime or wrongdoing, notably one subject to trial before the highest courts which may impose the gravest punishments.
- perfect crimesplural of perfect crime: A crime that is undetected, unattributed to a perpetrator, or otherwise unsolved.
- street crimesplural of street crime: Crime, for example pickpocketing, that happens in a public place, such as on the street
- time crimesplural of time crime: The violation of time travel law (especially referring to an attempt to change the past).
- true crimesplural of true crime: A nonfiction literary and film genre in which the author examines an actual crime and details the actions of real people.
- petty crimesplural of petty crime: A minor, less serious crime.
- crimes against natureplural of crime against nature: Any of various sexual deviations that, at one time or another, have been considered to be so unnatural as to be illegal.
- white-collar crimesplural of white-collar crime: Non-violent crime, generally for personal gain and often involving money.
- child sex crimesplural of child sex crime: Sexual act involving juvenile victims.
- victimless crimesplural of victimless crime: An act that is prohibited by law, yet which neither directly harms nor violates the rights of any specific person, although some people may claim it harms society as a whole.
- e-crimesplural of e-crime: Cybercrime.
- knife crimesplural of knife crime: Criminal activity involving knives, especially when gang-related.
- occupational crimesplural of occupational crime: A crime that is committed through opportunity created in the course of a legal occupation.
- organizational crimesplural of organizational crime: White-collar crime that is committed by employees of an otherwise noncriminal organization, with or without the consent of the management and with at least some benefit to the organization.
- pre-crimesplural of pre-crime: Before a crime.
- stranger crimesplural of stranger crime: A crime committed by someone who does not know the attacker
- enviro-crimesplural of enviro-crime: Crime that harms the environment, such as graffiti or fly-tipping.
- consensual crimesplural of consensual crime: An activity to which all participants consent which is deemed to be illegal.
Compound words 15
- crimestoppersplural of crimestopper: A person who intervenes to stop a crime from taking place.
- aftercrimesplural of aftercrime: one of a series of "copycat" crimes that follow an initial one
- autocrimesplural of autocrime: Crime involving motor vehicles considered collectively
- biocrimesplural of biocrime: Any crime in which the weapon is biological or biochemical
- crimescapesplural of crimescape: A landscape or particular environment of criminal activity.
- cybercrimesplural of cybercrime: Crime committed using computer networks.
- envirocrimesplural of envirocrime: Criminal activity, such as pollution, that harms the environment.
- facecrimesplural of facecrime: A facial expression considered unacceptable.
- hatecrimesthird-person singular simple present indicative of hatecrime: Alternative form of hate-crime; to subject to a hate crime
- knifecrimesplural of knifecrime: Criminal activity involving knives, especially when gang-related.