cryme
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Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French crime, from Latin crīmen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cryme (plural crymes)
- A criminal action or decision; that which is against the law.
- An immoral deed; that which is proscribed or considered sinful.
- Iniquity, immorality, wrongness.
- (rare) A charge or allegation.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “crīme, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-10.
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- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Middle English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *krey-
- Middle English terms borrowed from Old French
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- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
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