Crime

Morpheme

Crime

Type

bound base

Denotation

offense, sinfulness, infraction, fault, misdeed, judicial decision, verdict, judgment

Etymology

Middle English cryme, crime; Old French crime; Latin crīmen, from cernere +‎ -men

Evidence

anticrime, crime, crimebuster, crimefighter, crimeful, crimeless, crimelike, crimeproof, crimes, crimestopper, crimogenic, cybercrime, postcrime, precrime, thoughtcrime

Notes

crime and crimen are doublets

See Also

Crimine, Cri, -men