Crime
Crime noun - A regrettable or blameworthy act.
Usage example: it's a crime to waste food, so give the rest of the pizza to me
Outrage is a synonym for crime in right topic. In some cases you can use "Outrage" instead a noun "Crime", when it comes to topics like offence, offense against the law, immoral act.
Nearby Words: criminal, criminally
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How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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The Pogues, Birmingham Six is about the wrongful detention and conviction of six men of the right nationality who were within fifty miles of an IRA bombing outrage in Birmingham, England, who were beaten and tortured into confessing to a crime they did not commit, by the West Midlands Constabulary.
Source: Anti-Police Song - Also unrevealed, though tantalizingly hinted, is the the corpse Curwen disinters whose identity would cause patriotic shock and outrage if the crime was discovered, and his initials are B.F.
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Outrage and Crime. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/crime/outrage
Crime & Outrage. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/crime/outrage>.
Outrage or Crime. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/crime/outrage.
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