Crime and Responsibility

Crime

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

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

Nearby Words: criminal, criminally

Responsibility noun - The state of being held as the cause of something that needs to be set right.

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Crime and responsibility are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crime" instead a noun "Responsibility".

Nearby Words: responsible, responsibly

high	high crime	high responsibility
future	future crime	future responsibility
true	true crime	true responsibility
small	small crime	small responsibility
Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, big, great, serious, little, main, criminal, ultimate, new, major, federal, less, greater, greatest, previous, alleged.

He essentially vows to accept responsibility for what he has done, begin making decisions for himself, and atone for his crime.

Source: Heroic Vow
A year later, retired cop Bill Hodges is sent a letter by the killer taking responsibility for the crime.

Source: Literature / Mr. Mercedes
The work can evaluate the so-called accomplice's responsibility for the crime simply by establishing whether it was done with the bystander being oblivious or knowing all along.

Source: Accomplice by Inaction

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