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
Fault is a synonym for crime in offence topic. In some cases you can use "Fault" instead a noun "Crime", when it comes to topics like transgression, offense against the law.
Nearby Words: criminal, criminally
Fault
Fault noun - A defect in character.
Crime is a synonym for fault in blame topic. You can use "Crime" instead a noun "Fault", if it concerns topics such as transgression.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| particular | particular crime | particular fault |
| similar | similar crime | similar fault |
| common | common crime | common fault |
| original | original crime | original fault |
| Other adjectives: single, small, actual, real, big, great, serious, little, terrible, main, new, major, traditional, past, minor, greater, worst, greatest, biggest. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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His "crime" was attacking his superior after the latter said that the cause of the massive loss of soldiers was the fault of a badly timed attack started by Alonso, when it is actually the superior's fault.
- He gets up in front of a crowd of men and tells them that it's their fault that there is so much crime and violence in the country.
Source: Discriminate and Switch -
General Ripper: For the mayor, each problem he has (either if Coraje foiled his crime, or his son does not respect him, or the budget for paving the streets is a bit small) is Coraje's fault.
Source: Series / Padre Coraje
Cite this Source
Fault and Crime. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/crime/fault
Crime & Fault. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/crime/fault>.
Fault or Crime. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/crime/fault.
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