Law and Order: crim, crimin

It would be a "crime" not to practice this list of words with the Latin roots crim and crimin, meaning "judgment," "accusation," and "legal offense."
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  1. criminal
    involving or having the nature of an illegal act
  2. criminal law
    the body of law dealing with offenses and their punishment
  3. criminalization
    the act of making something illegal
  4. cybercrime
    crime committed using a computer and the internet
  5. decriminalization
    the act of making something legal that was formerly illegal
  6. decriminalize
    make legal
  7. discriminate
    treat differently on the basis of race, sex, religion, etc.
  8. discriminating
    showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment
  9. discrimination
    unfair treatment of a person or group based on prejudice
  10. incriminate
    suggest that someone is guilty
  11. incriminating
    charging or suggestive of guilt or blame
  12. indiscriminately
    without paying attention to differences
  13. nondiscriminatory
    without prejudice toward any race, class, or group of people
  14. recrimination
    mutual accusations
Created on Wed Jun 11 11:53:06 EDT 2025 (updated Wed Jun 11 11:58:33 EDT 2025)

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