Crime and Neglect

Crime

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

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

Nearby Words: criminal, criminally

Neglect noun - The state of being unattended to or not cared for.

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Crime and neglect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crime" instead a noun "Neglect".

similar	similar crime	similar neglect
common	common crime	common neglect
true	true crime	true neglect
simple	simple crime	simple neglect
Other adjectives: real, severe, serious, terrible, criminal, supposed, new, possible, past, less, worse.

Such older downtown business areas are prone to general poverty, neglect and homelessness more than out-and-out crime and violence.

Source: Wrong Side of the Tracks
On one hand, Ooo has all the problems endemic to human societies (child neglect, insanity, crime), and the daily monster attacks don't help matters.

Source: Zig-Zagging Trope
Law enforcement operates through "salutory neglect", passing off really hard cases to other agencies, juking the crime stats so it look likes the force is doing good on paper and pulling off the occasional buy-bust for the news.

Source: Series / The Wire

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