crime
/krʌɪm/
US pronunciation
American sound/krʌɪm/
crime
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> crime
Myanmar meaning
(n) ပြစ်မှု
Full entry
၁။ (က) [C] ပြစ်မှု။ အမှုအခင်း။
commit a (serious) crime ❍ a minor crime like shoplifting ❍ convicted of crimes against humanity ❍ war crimes. စစ်ရာဇဝတ်မှု။
(ခ) [U] ဥပဒေချိုးဖောက်ခြင်း။ ပြစ်မှုကျူးလွန်ခြင်း။
an increase in crime ❍ the spread of organized crime ❍ the police role in preventing and detecting crime ❍ crime prevention ❍ crime fiction/ novels (ie stories dealing with crime) ❍ He took to a life of crime (ie became a criminal).
၂။ (usu a crime ) [sing] အမှား။ အပြစ်။
It's a crime to waste money like that. ❍ It's a crime the way he bullies his children.
More examples
- [commit a crime] : She was unaware that she had committed a crime.
- [the scene of a crime] : There were no apparent clues at the scene of the crime.
- [solve a crime] : It was a crime that would take police years to solve.
- [fight/combat crime] : New laws to help us combat crime effectively
- [juvenile crime] : An increase in juvenile crime
- [crime prevention] : Crime prevention experts are helping to make the hospital secure.
- [crime rate] : The crime rate in the city has risen sharply.
- [rising crime] : Rising crime is a key election issue.
- [be a crime to do something] : It would be a crime to waste all that food.
- Her only crime was to be in love with the wrong man.
Synonyms
offense, wrong, sin, misdeed, felony, fault, misdemeanor, transgression, abomination, antisocial behavior, atrocity, breach, break, caper, case, corruption, criminality, delict, delictum, delinquency, depravity, dereliction, enormity, evil, evil behavior, fast one, hit, illegality, immorality, infraction, infringement, iniquity, job, lawbreaking, lawlessness, malefaction, malfeasance, misconduct, mortal sin, outrage, racket, scandal, sneak, tort, trespass, unlawful act, vice, villainy, violation, wickedness, wrongdoing
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