Affair and Crime

Affair

Affair noun - A social gathering.

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Crime and affair are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Crime" instead a noun "Affair".

Crime noun - Activities that are in violation of the laws of the state.

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Affair and crime are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affair" instead a noun "Crime".

Nearby Words: criminal, criminally

simple	simple affair	simple crime
small	small affair	small crime
actual	actual affair	actual crime
entire	entire affair	entire crime
Other adjectives: violent, serious, little, supposed, possible, past, latest, previous, alleged.

On Justified crime tends to be a family affair so there are multiple groups of criminal siblings

Source: Siblings in Crime
In the movie Last Man Standing, one of the two crime bosses, Strozzi, does this to his girlfriend, Lucy Kolinski, after he learns of her affair with the protagonist.

Source: Ear Ache
Though it does make a bit more sense when you realize back during that time having an affair at all was a serious crime.

Source: Deliberate Values Dissonance

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