crim

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• Rhymes: -ɪm

crim (plural crims)

1. (Britain, Australia, informal) A criminal.
   • 2012, Ian McTavish, A Prisoner's Wisdom: Transcending the Ego (page 128)

     We were the happiest, cheeriest bunch of crims in the whole prison.

   • 2018, "Bitter Pill", Wentworth

     Are the crims running Wentworth? Woman found murdered in Wentworth Correctional Centre.

• CMIR, MCRI, MICR, Micr., RMIC, micr-

From Latin crīmen (probably borrowed), from Proto-Italic *kreimen, from Proto-Indo-European *kréymn̥, from *krey- (“sieve”) + *-mn̥.

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾim/

crim m (plural crims)

1. violent crime

• delicte (non-violent crime)

• crim de guerra
• crim passional

• criminal
• criminós

• “crim” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.