All crime synonyms

noun crime

• case — A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
• lawlessness — contrary to or without regard for the law: lawless violence.
• violation — the act of violating.
• felony — an offense, as murder or burglary, of graver character than those called misdemeanors, especially those commonly punished in the U.S. by imprisonment for more than a year.
• misdemeanor — Law. a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
• infraction — breach; violation; infringement: an infraction of the rules.
• transgression — an act of transgressing; violation of a law, command, etc.; sin.
• misdeed — an immoral or wicked deed.
• breach — If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it.
• wrongdoing — behavior or action that is wrong, evil, or blameworthy.
• scandal — a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc.
• misconduct — improper conduct; wrong behavior.
• atrocity — An atrocity is a very cruel, shocking action.
• corruption — Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.
• malfeasance — the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust). Compare misfeasance (def 2), nonfeasance.
• abomination — If you say that something is an abomination, you think that it is completely unacceptable.
• trespass — Law. an unlawful act causing injury to the person, property, or rights of another, committed with force or violence, actual or implied. a wrongful entry upon the lands of another. the action to recover damages for such an injury.
• dereliction — If a building or a piece of land is in a state of dereliction, it is deserted or abandoned.
• racket — a light bat having a netting of catgut or nylon stretched in a more or less oval frame and used for striking the ball in tennis, the shuttlecock in badminton, etc.
• wickedness — the quality or state of being wicked.
• caper — Capers are the small green buds of caper plants. They are usually sold preserved in vinegar.
• depravity — Depravity is very dishonest or immoral behaviour.
• outrage — an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency.
• hit — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
• immorality — immoral quality, character, or conduct; wickedness; evilness.
• infringement — a breach or infraction, as of a law, right, or obligation; violation; transgression.
• sneak — to go in a stealthy or furtive manner; slink; skulk.
• break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
• wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
• delinquency — Delinquency is criminal behaviour, especially that of young people.
• illegality — illegal condition or quality; unlawfulness.
• vice — any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
• iniquity — gross injustice or wickedness.
• fault — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
• job — the central figure in an Old Testament parable of the righteous sufferer.
• villainy — the actions or conduct of a villain; outrageous wickedness.
• tort — a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
• criminality — the state or quality of being criminal
• offense — a violation or breaking of a social or moral rule; transgression; sin.
• lawbreaker — a person who breaks or violates the law.
• sin — the 12th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
• mortal sin — a willfully committed, serious transgression against the law of God, depriving the soul of divine grace.
• delict — a wrongful act for which the person injured has the right to a civil remedy
• fast one — a shrewd action, especially when unscrupulous or dishonest; an unfair trick, deceitful practice, dishonest dealing, etc.: He pulled a fast one on me by paying me with a worthless check.
• malefaction — an evil deed; crime; wrongdoing.