crime's
Belonging to illegality
Crime's is the possessive form of crime, indicating something belonging to or associated with a criminal act or criminal activity generally.
It appears in phrases like crime's impact on the community or crime's root causes.
The form also serves as a contraction of "crime is" or "crime has" in informal contexts: Crime's been on the rise lately.
Firmly held belief
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- chargeCost or accusation
trial · verdict · penalty · indictment · felony · misdemeanor · statute · jurisdiction
Measured speed or charge
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- preventionStopping something before occurring
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
- causesBrings into being
poverty · inequality · recidivism · rehabilitation · reform · enforcement · policing · incarceration
One harmed by another
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- lossBeing without something
- damageHarm or impairment
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
consequences · aftermath · recovery · restitution · compensation · grief · fear · community
Dramatic unit or locale
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- forensicsScientific crime-scene analysis
- suspectBelieve to be likely
clues · motive · alibi · fingerprints · DNA · witness · interrogation · reconstruction
Intensity of sternness
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
- violenceHarmful physical force
- premeditationAdvance planning of action
- motiveReason for action
circumstances · commission · execution · planning · escalation · pattern · frequency · sophistication
conviction
Firmly held belief
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
charge · trial · verdict · penalty · indictment · felony · misdemeanor · statute · jurisdiction · arraignment
rate
Measured speed or charge
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- preventionStopping something before occurring
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
causes · poverty · inequality · recidivism · rehabilitation · reform · enforcement · policing · incarceration · systemic
victim
One harmed by another
suffering · consequences · aftermath · recovery · restitution · compensation · grief · fear · community · neighborhood
scene
Dramatic unit or locale
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- forensicsScientific crime-scene analysis
suspect · clues · motive · alibi · fingerprints · DNA · witness · interrogation · reconstruction · timeline
severity
Intensity of sternness
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
- violenceHarmful physical force
- premeditationAdvance planning of action
motive · circumstances · commission · execution · planning · escalation · pattern · frequency · sophistication · randomness
- crime sceneLocation of an offense
- crime familyCriminal organization by kinship
- partner in crimeShared mischief companion
- war crimesIllegal acts during conflict
- minor crimeLesser legal offense
- organized crimeStructured illegal enterprise