law-breaking

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

noun

(criminal law) an act punishable by law;
usually considered an evil act (Freq. 1)
- a long record of crimes
• Syn:
crime, offense, criminal offense, criminal offence, offence
• Derivationally related forms:
offend (for: offense), criminal (for: crime), criminate (for: crime), incriminate (for: crime), criminalise (for: crime)
• Topics:
criminal law
• Members of this Topic:
kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch, shanghai,
impress, commandeer, hijack, highjack, pirate, skyjack,
carjack, extort, blackmail, scalp, bootleg, run,
black market, foist off, palm off, fob off, push, black marketeer,
pyramid, ransom, redeem, traffic, rustle, lift,
shoplift, hold up, stick up, mug, plagiarize, plagiarise,
crib, bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms, rake off,
buy off, pay off, loot, plunder, smuggle, kick back
• Hypernyms:
transgression, evildoing
• Hyponyms:
barratry, capital offense, cybercrime, felony, forgery,
fraud, Had crime, hijack, highjack, mayhem, misdemeanor,
misdemeanour, infraction, violation, infringement, perpetration, commission,
committal, attack, attempt, Tazir crime, statutory offense, statutory offence,
regulatory offense, regulatory offence, thuggery, treason, high treason, lese majesty,
vice crime, victimless crime, war crime

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  crime, offense, criminal offense, criminal offence, offence