| Main Entry: | mortal sin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unforgivable sin |
Synonyms: |
atrocity, cardinal sin, deadly sin, disgrace, venial sin, vice |
| Main Entry: | crime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offense against the law |
Synonyms: |
abomination, antisocial behavior, atrocity, breach, break, caper, case, corruption, criminality, delict, delictum, delinquency, depravity, dereliction, enormity, evil, evil behavior, fast one, fault, felony, hit, illegality, immorality, infraction, infringement, iniquity, job, lawlessness, malefaction, malfeasance, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, mortal sin, outrage, racket, scandal, sneak, tort, transgression, trespass, unlawful act, vice, villainy, violation, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Notes: | crime is from Latin crimen 'judgment, accusation, offense' and a crime is an act in violation of a law; a misdemeanor is a less serious crime while a felony is a major crime |
Antonyms: |
good deed, kindness |
| Main Entry: | robbery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stealing |
Synonyms: |
break-in, burglary, caper, embezzlement, felony, heist, hit, holdup, job, larceny, looting, mortal sin, mugging, purse-snatching, stickup, theft, thievery, unlawful act, wrongdoing |
| Main Entry: | capital sin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deadly sin |
Synonyms: |
carnal sin, grave sin, mortal sin, unpardonable sin, unutterable sin |
| Main Entry: | deadly sin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unpardonable sin |
Synonyms: |
mortal sin, seven deadly sins |
| Main Entry: | original sin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | innate corruption |
Synonyms: |
carnal sin, disobedience, eating the apple, fall from grace, fall of man, inborn tendency, mortal sin, sin of Adam, sinfulness, wickedness |
| Main Entry: | illegality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crime |
Synonyms: |
abomination, antisocial behavior, atrocity, breach, break, caper, case, corruption, criminality, delict, delictum, delinquency, depravity, dereliction, enormity, evil, evil behavior, fast one, fault, felony, hit*, immorality, infraction, infringement, iniquity, job, lawlessness, malefaction, malfeasance, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, mortal sin, offense, outrage, racket, scandal, sneak, tort, transgression, trespass, unlawful act, vice, villainy, violation, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Main Entry: | immorality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crime |
Synonyms: |
abomination, antisocial behavior, atrocity, breach, break, caper, case, corruption, criminality, delict, delictum, delinquency, depravity, dereliction, deviltry, diablerie, enormity, evil, evil behavior, evildoing, fast one, fault, felony, hit*, illegality, infraction, infringement, iniquity, job, lawlessness, malefaction, malfeasance, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, mortal sin, offense, outrage, peccancy, racket, scandal, sin, sneak, tort, transgression, trespass, unlawful act, vice, villainy, violation, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Main Entry: | peccancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crime |
Synonyms: |
abomination, antisocial behavior, atrocity, breach, break*, caper, case, corruption, criminality, delict, delictum, delinquency, depravity, dereliction, deviltry, diablerie, enormity, evil, evil behavior, evildoing, fast one, fault, felony, hit*, illegality, immorality, infraction, infringement, iniquity, job, lawlessness, malefaction, malfeasance, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, mortal sin, offense, outrage, racket, scandal, sin, sneak, tort, transgression, trespass, unlawful act, vice, villainy, violation, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Concept: | [Absence or violation of law.] Illegality. |
| Category: | 5. Institutions |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
lawlessness; illicitness; breach of law, violation of law; disobedience; unconformity., arbitrariness; antinomy, violence, brute force, despotism, outlawry., mob law, lynch law, club law, Lydford law, martial law, drumhead law; coup d'etat; le droit du plus fort; argumentum baculinum. illegality, informality, unlawfulness, illegitimacy, bar sinister., trover and conversion; smuggling, poaching; simony.
-verbs
offend against the law; violate the law; set the law at defiance, ride roughshod over, drive a coach and six through a statute; make the law a dead letter, take the law into one's own hands., smuggle, run, poach.
-adjectives
illegal, prohibited; unlawful, illegitimate; not allowed, illicit, contraband, actionable., unchartered, unconstitutional; unwarranted, unwarrantable; unauthorized; informal, unofficial; injudicial, extrajudicial., lawless, arbitrary; despotic, despotical; summary, irresponsible; unanswerable, unaccountable., null and void; a dead letter.
-adverbs
illegally; with a high hand, in violation of law.
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Antonyms: |
legality |
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