Crime and Horror

Crime

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

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

Nearby Words: criminal, criminally

Horror noun - The quality of inspiring intense dread or dismay.

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Crime and horror are semantically related in atrocity topic. Sometimes you can use "Crime" instead a noun "Horror".

Nearby Words: horrible, horrid, horrify

particular	particular crime	particular horror
initial	initial crime	initial horror
true	true crime	true horror
actual	actual crime	actual horror
Other adjectives: real, great, serious, evil, little, black, supernatural, ultimate, new, major, possible, less, greater, unspeakable, greatest, horrific.

Arguably, many of the crime/horror novels by Michael Slade have elements of the Canadian Western.

Source: Canadian Western
In the crime/horror movie Se7en, villain John Doe taunts Detective David Mills by talking about how lovely Mills' wife Tracy is.

Source: Shame If Something Happened
In the '50s, the stringent censorship of The Comics Code killed the crime and horror genres in American comics.

Source: Genre-Killer

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