Crime
Crime noun - A breaking of a moral or legal code.
Usage example: anyone who commits a crime should expect to be punished for it
Nearby Words: criminal, criminally
Fall
Fall noun - The act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Little Caesar (1931), a crime drama depicting the rise and fall of an organized crime leader.
Source: Film Noir - Police Brutality: It's not uncommon for people who fall behind during escapes from crime scenes to be pinned down and beaten to death by the cops.
Source: Video Game / Liberal Crime Squad - Calvin re-imagines the events as his private detective alter ego, Tracer Bullet, getting hired to unwittingly serve as the fall guy for this particular crime.
Source: Fall Guy
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