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delict
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin delictum (“fault”), from neuter of delictus, past participle of delinquo (“to be lacking; to fail; to transgress”), from d?- + linqu? (“to leave, quit, forsake, depart from”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??l?kt/, /?di?l?kt/
Noun
delict (plural delicts)
- (civil law, Scottish law) A wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law. [from the early 16th c.]
- (law) The branch of law dealing in delicts.
Derived terms
- delictual
- quasi-delict
Translations
See also
- delict on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Scots Law#Delict on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- corpus delicti
Anagrams
- Deltic, deltic
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch delict, from Latin delictum (“fault”), from neuter of delictus, past participle of delinquo (“to be lacking", "to fail", "to transgress”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??l?kt/, /de??l?kt/
- Hyphenation: de?lict
- Rhymes: -?kt
Noun
delict n (plural delicten, diminutive delictje n)
- crime, wrong
Synonyms
- misdrijf
Derived terms
- delictpleger
- plaats delict
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: delik
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin delictum.
Noun
delict n (plural delicte)
- crime
Declension
See also
- infrac?iune
- crim?
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crime
English
Etymology
From Middle English cryme, crime, from Old French crime, crimne, from Latin cr?men. Displaced native Old English firen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?a?m/
- Rhymes: -a?m
Noun
crime (countable and uncountable, plural crimes)
- (countable) A specific act committed in violation of the law.
- (countable) Any great sin or wickedness; iniquity.
- (countable, obsolete) That which occasions crime.
- (uncountable) Criminal acts collectively.
- Synonyms: criminality, delinquency
- (uncountable) The habit or practice of committing crimes.
Usage notes
- Adjectives often applied to crime: organized, brutal, terrible, horrible, heinous, horrendous, hideous, financial, sexual, international.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
References
- crime on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
crime (third-person singular simple present crimes, present participle criming, simple past and past participle crimed)
- (Britain, military, transitive) To subject to disciplinary punishment.
- 1846, John Mercier McMullen, Camp and Barrack-room, Or, The British Army as it is (page 298)
- Nevertheless, in the course of a few days he is again intoxicated, creates disturbance in his quarters, is confined by his sergeant, crimed, and brought before the commanding officer […]
- 1846, John Mercier McMullen, Camp and Barrack-room, Or, The British Army as it is (page 298)
- (nonce word) To commit crime(s).
See also
- offence
- sin
- administrative infraction (less serious violation of the law)
Anagrams
- REMIC, merci
French
Etymology
From Old French crimne, borrowed from Latin cr?men, from Proto-Italic *kreimen, from Proto-Indo-European *kréymn?, from *krey- (“sieve”) + *-mn?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?im/
- Rhymes: -im
Noun
crime m (plural crimes)
- A category of severe infractions within French law, with the strongest of penalties; a felony. (10 years and more according to law)
- Le meurtre, la trahison, ces sont les crimes punissable par la loi d'une peine lourde.
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
- délit
Further reading
- “crime” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- cimer
- merci
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cr?men.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kri.me/
- Hyphenation: crì?me
Noun
crime m (plural crimi)
- (literary, rare) crime
- Synonyms: crimine, delitto
Related terms
- crimine
References
- crime in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Middle English
Noun
crime
- Alternative form of cryme
Portuguese
Etymology
From French crime, from Latin cr?men.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?kri.mi/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?k?im?/
Noun
crime m (plural crimes)
- crime
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:crime.
Related terms
- criminal
- criminoso
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?krime]
Noun
crime f
- indefinite plural of crim?
- indefinite genitive/dative singular of crim?
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