Clues for the word "CRIME"
We've had 126 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 203 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on February 13, 2026.
Definition of crime
- n. - Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law.
- n. - Gross violation of human law, in distinction from a misdemeanor or trespass, or other slight offense. Hence, also, any aggravated offense against morality or the public welfare; any outrage or great wrong.
- n. - Any great wickedness or sin; iniquity.
- n. - That which occasion crime.
Referring Clues
- Moriarty's specialty
- "___ and Punishment"
- Kind of wave
- Error that leads to trial
- Legal offense
- See 33-Across
- It may be organized
- F.B.I. datum
- Whodunit start
- Fiction genre
- Arson, e.g.
- Record notation
- Part of "C.S.I."
- It may appear on a record
- It may come in waves
- Partner of punishment
- It's occasionally victimless
- Robbery, for one
- It might be organized
- Part of a dangerous wave
- Job that doesn't pay?
- Part of "CSI"
- Shoplifting or counterfeiting
- Serious wrongdoing
- Rap sheet entry
- Arrestable offense
- Malefaction
- Shame
- Battery, for one
- Punishment's partner
- Felony, for one
- Non-paying pursuit?
- Nonpaying activity
- Theft or arson
- Whodunit deed
- Felony or misdemeanor
- DA's concern
- It doesn't pay
- It may be abetted
- Breaking and entering, e.g.
- Dangerous type of wave
- Not the best kind of wave
- Punishment preceder
- Bookstore section
- Penal offense
- TV news staple
- Unlawful activity
- Whodunit element
- Possession or fraud
- Illegal activity
- Police matter
- 'America's Most Wanted' subject
- Battery, e.g.
- With 11-Down, city statistics associated with felonies
- Felony
- -
- Assault or battery
- Law breaking
- Blackmail, e.g.
- What doesn't pay?
- Theft, e.g.
- It's organized in a family
- Penologist's concern
- It doesn't pay, so they say
- Bad thing to be organized
- Felon's deed
- Burglary, for one
- Whodunnit start
- Part of CSI
- White collar
- It's even worse when it's organized
- Basis of a whodunit
- Malfeasance
- Perjury, e.g.
- Indictable offence
- Wrongdoing
- Misdeed
- Larceny, e.g.
- Misdemeanour
- Illegal act
- Dostoyevsky's "___ and Punishment"
- Lawbreaking
- Focus of Detective Frost?
- Violation of law
- Unlawful act
- Offence
- Councillor that is protecting main character in Miami Vice
- Laundering, maybe
- Church having the edge in lawbreaking
- Violation of the law
- Cold frost Inspector Frost's scene?
- See 15
- Location of war not American wrongdoing
- Dirty deed
- Part of a record
- Arson, for one
- "Poverty is the mother of ___": Marcus Aurelius
- Wrong number for Frost?
- Take time out when metric conversion gives offence
- No time for metric conversion when there's foul play
- Conservative potentate up for perjury, perhaps
- It doesn't pay, it's said
- Police concern
- It's wrong to credit one to me
- Illegal activity disturbing Central America
- Focus of much TV drama
- Offense
- Arson or theft
- CSI part
- Trial subject
- Assault or kidnapping
- Whodunit focus
- Perjury or piracy
- Type of wave or spree
- Stepping on money, e.g., in Thailand
- Concern for Superman
- Felony, for example
- Robbery or arson, for example
- "Born a ___": Trevor Noah memoir
- Harlan Coben genre
- Be gay, do ___
- It can have an arresting consequence
- True ___ (podcast genre)
- Partner in ___ (trusted companion)
- It doesn't pay, they say
- Focus of forensics shows
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - February 13, 2026
- Daily Quick - November 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 24, 2025
- LA Times - August 27, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - July 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 01, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 30, 2025
- New York Times - March 26, 2025
- Mirror Mini - February 27, 2025
- USA Today - January 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 03, 2025
- Daily American - December 17, 2024
- Penny Dell Sunday - December 01, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 24, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 10, 2024
- Daily Quick - November 10, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 05, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 10, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 01, 2024
- New York Times - August 27, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 18, 2024
- Daily American - August 10, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 29, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 01, 2024
- Daily American - June 12, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - June 01, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - May 21, 2024
- Daily American - March 26, 2024
- And in 173 more crossword puzzles...