kejahatan

Indonesian

Etymology

ke- +‎ jahat +‎ -an.

Noun

kejahatan (plural kejahatan-kejahatan, first-person possessive kejahatanku, second-person possessive kejahatanmu, third-person possessive kejahatannya)

  1. crime

Usage notes

Whereas the noun kejahatan is constructed from jahat (bad, evil), it may be replaced with the word pelanggaran (or pelanggaran hukum), which is constructed from langgar (to crash, to violate), for more objective semantics, such as victimless crimes.

Synonyms
  • pelanggaran hukum (Literally: violation of law)

Malay

Noun

kejahatan (plural kejahatan-kejahatan, informal first-person possessive kejahatanku, informal second-person possessive kejahatanmu, third-person possessive kejahatannya)

  1. evil
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