Crime and Defect

Crime

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

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

Nearby Words: criminal, criminally

Defect noun - Something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing.

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Crime and defect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crime" instead a noun "Defect".

rare	rare crime	rare defect
similar	similar crime	similar defect
common	common crime	common defect
initial	initial crime	initial defect
Other adjectives: single, small, entire, real, big, serious, horrendous, major, possible, minor, unrelated, different.

In season 4 he gets into a bloody gang war with the Brotherhood, a multiracial alliance of rival organized crime and run-of-the-mill gangbangers, and some of his subordinates defect.

Source: The Mafia
The birth defect version was probably Ripped from the Headlines, as there was an episode from a True Crime show that covered the same thing.

Source: The Killer Was Left-Handed

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