{
    "term": "crime",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "activities that involve breaking the law",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)(especially US English)(especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This month's figures show an increase in **violent crime**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There needs to be a partnership between police and public in **the fight against crime**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Stores spend more and more on **crime prevention** every year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "DNA data is extremely useful in fighting **serious crime**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He began to drift into a life of petty crime *(= crime that is not very serious)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**gun/knife crime**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a rise in street crime"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He turned to crime when he dropped out of school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **crime rate** is rising."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**crime fiction/novels** *(= stories about crime)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "crime figures/statistics"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Victims of crime** may be able to obtain compensation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She’s a **crime writer** *(= she writes stories about crime)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to do more to tackle knife crime."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Corporate crime—committed by businesses—should not be confused with white-collar crime, which refers to the occupation of the perpetrator and may be directed against a business."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fear of crime imprisons many vulnerable people in their homes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Gun crime is just part of an increasingly lawless society."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He says that bored youngsters turn to crime."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How can we reduce knife crime in our cities?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police forces will exchange ideas on cracking crime."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The computers were sent to a crime lab for analysis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The public have a crucial role to play in detecting crime."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Unemployed young people were likely to be tempted into a life of crime."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a crackdown on drug-related crime"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a new short story by the popular crime writer"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a senior detective with the serious crime squad"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a time of great poverty and rampant crime"
                },
                {
                    "text": "attempts to prevent hacking and computer crime"
                },
                {
                    "text": "one of New York's biggest crime lords"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the country's crime problem"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the latest TV crime series"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the newspaper's crime reporter"
                },
                {
                    "text": "More needs to be done to help the victims of crime."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He writes crime novels."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["serious", "petty", "non-violent"],
                "verb + crime": ["carry out", "commit", "perpetrate"],
                "crime + verb": ["double", "increase", "rise"],
                "crime + noun": ["figures", "level", "rate"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a crackdown on crime",
                    "crime and disorder",
                    "crime and punishment"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an illegal act or activity that can be punished by law",
            "sensetop": "crime against something/somebodycrime of something",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There is no proof that she **committed a crime** *(= did something illegal)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In his mind he was about to commit the perfect crime."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Arson is a **serious crime**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The massacre was a **crime against humanity**.",
                    "contextForm": "crime against something/somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sometimes murder is a crime of passion.",
                    "contextForm": "crime of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "DNA testing can be used to **solve** old **crimes**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "An abandoned car was found near **the scene of the crime**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hate crimes are not punished severely enough in my opinion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She boasted of having carried out the perfect crime."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He confessed his crime to his sister."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was charged with the lesser crime of possession."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Insider dealing has been called a victimless crime."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many crimes are never reported to the police."
                },
                {
                    "text": "No weapon was found at the scene of the crime."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He claimed that the real crime is that burglars and muggers usually get a light sentence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She never faced trial for her many alleged crimes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The crime occurred in broad daylight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The punishment should fit the crime."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a man who solves crimes using old-fashioned detective work"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a system of justice to prosecute crimes of terrorism"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an apparently motiveless crime"
                },
                {
                    "text": "crimes against humanity"
                },
                {
                    "text": "crimes involving firearms"
                },
                {
                    "text": "crimes punishable by death"
                },
                {
                    "text": "one of the most horrific crimes of recent times"
                },
                {
                    "text": "one of the most notorious crimes in British history"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the biggest crime since the Great Train Robbery"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the danger of copycat crimes in the wake of the shootings"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had never committed a crime in his life."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["appalling", "awful", "bloody"],
                "verb + crime": ["carry out", "commit", "do"],
                "crime + verb": ["involve something", "happen", "occur"],
                "crime + noun": ["scene", "victim", "suspect"],
                "preposition": ["crime against"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a crime of passion",
                    "a crime of violence",
                    "the scene of the crime"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an act that you think is morally wrong or is a big mistake",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's a crime to waste so much money."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Not returning phone calls is a grave crime in today's culture."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kraɪm/",
                "audio": "cr/crime/crime__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kraɪm/",
                "audio": "cr/crime/crime__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘wickedness, sin’): via Old French from Latin crimen ‘judgement, offence’, based on cernere ‘to judge’."
}