crime — / krīm/ n [Middle French, from Latin crimen fault, accusation, crime] 1: conduct that is prohibited and has a specific punishment (as incarceration or fine)...
The book, however, ranges beyond an economic history of the hamlet, to examine poverty, crime and punishment, as well as education, religion, leisure and politics.
The crime he committed may not burden him, but the memory of happenings before the crime may make his life a hell on earth and rob him of all the happiness...