Dictionary entry
A crime
Pronunciation
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Myanmar Meaning
[sing] အမှား။ အပြစ်။
Definition
crime /kraÇm/ n ၁။ (က) [C] ျပစ္မႈ။ အမႈအခင္း။ commit a (serious) crime ❍ a minor crime like shoplifting ❍ convicted of crimes against humanity ❍ war crimes. စစ္ရာဇဝတ္မႈ။ (ခ) [U] ဥပေဒခ်ဳိးေဖာက္ျခင္း။ ျပစ္မႈက်ဴးလြန္ျခင္း။ 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] အမွား။ အျပစ္။ It's a crime to waste money like that. ❍ It's a crime the way he bullies his children.
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.