Crime and Deception

Crime

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

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

Nearby Words: criminal, criminally

Deception noun - The inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery.

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Crime and deception are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crime" instead a noun "Deception".

Nearby Words: deceive, deceit, deceptive, deceptively

similar	similar crime	similar deception
common	common crime	common deception
original	original crime	original deception
simple	simple crime	simple deception
Other adjectives: small, actual, entire, big, great, little, terrible, new, major, unrelated, magical, global, unforgivable.

Inverted in Dragon Age: Inquisition - Blackwall / Thom Rainier reveals his deception and risks his life to stop the hanging of a soldier who helped commit a war crime on his orders.

Source: Just Following Orders
When the deception is revealed nobody cares that this is a sex crime, not even Gary (though the porn star feels somewhat guilty).

Source: Double Standard: Rape, Female on Male
When the Hulks learn the truth and turn against the Kree, Ronan considers it a great crime, hunting down the Hulks for breaking their word, despite the aforemention deception on his part.

Source: Western Animation / Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.

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