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*3 : criminal activity <efforts to fight crime>
*3 : criminal activity <efforts to fight crime>
*4 : something reprehensible, foolish, or disgraceful <it's a crime to waste good food>
*4 : something reprehensible, foolish, or disgraceful <it's a crime to waste good food>
<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Crime''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Crime '''''this link'''''].</center>
==Description==
==Description==
'''Crime''' is the breach of rules or [[laws]] for which some [[governing]] [[authority]] (via [[mechanisms]] such as police [[power]]) ultimately prescribes a [[conviction]]. [[Individual]] [[human]] [[societies]] may each define crime and crimes [[differently]]. While every crime violates the [[law]], not every violation of the law counts as a crime; for example: breaches of contract and of other civil law may rank as "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offence_(law) offences]" or as "infractions".
'''Crime''' is the breach of rules or [[laws]] for which some [[governing]] [[authority]] (via [[mechanisms]] such as police [[power]]) ultimately prescribes a [[conviction]]. [[Individual]] [[human]] [[societies]] may each define crime and crimes [[differently]]. While every crime violates the [[law]], not every violation of the law counts as a crime; for example: breaches of contract and of other civil law may rank as "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offence_(law) offences]" or as "infractions".
