crimen

Meaning

1. (declension-3) a judicial decision, verdict, or judgment
2. (declension-3) an object of reproach, invective
3. (declension-3) a crime, fault, offense
4. (declension-3) an object representing a crime
5. (declension-3) a cause of a crime; criminal
6. (declension-3) the crime of lewdness; adultery
7. (declension-3) a charge, accusation, reproach; calumny, slander
8. (declension-3) the fault one is accused of; crime, misdeed, offence, fault

Concepts

accusation

guilt

blame

accusal

indictment

lament

allegation

denunciation

charge

grievance

complaint

fault

crime

reproach

misspeaking

criminal case

defamation

detraction

felony

offence

an accusation

cause of a crime

crim

Opposite of

bonum, rēctum, virtūs

Synonyms

accusatio

categoria

diffamatio

obtrectatio

fraus

probrum

maleficium

reatitudo

Translations

suçlama

acusação

Beschuldigung

Anklage

incriminazione

aangifte

aanklacht

accusa

Klage

Denunziation

Anzeige

imputazione

Beschwerde

Jammer

plainte

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkriː.mɛn]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kreimən, from Proto-Indo-European *kréymn̥, from *krey- (“sieve”) + *-mn̥, equivalent to cernō (“sieve”) + -men (noun-forming suffix). Compare also Ancient Greek κρῖμα (krîma).