noun · neutral
crime
/kraɪm/CRIME
Band 4-5speakingtask2
an illegal act that can be punished by law
Examples
“Many young people get involved in crime because of unemployment.”
“The city has seen a rise in violent crime recently.”
“Property crime includes theft and burglary.”
Band 8 sentence
“Tackling the root causes of crime, such as poverty and social exclusion, is more effective than simply increasing police presence.”
Collocations
- commit a crime
- violent crime
- crime rate
Word family
crime nouncriminal noun / adjectivecriminalize verbcriminality noun
Common mistakes
make a crime→commit a crime
many crime→many crimes
Say it for a higher band
5wrongdoing→6offence→7+crime
Synonyms
offence
wrongdoing
Easily confused
offence
“He was fined for a minor traffic offence.”
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