Crime and Ruin

Crime

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

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

Nearby Words: criminal, criminally

Ruin noun - The state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless.

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Crime and ruin are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crime" instead a noun "Ruin".

Nearby Words: ruined, ruination, ruinous, ruining, ruinously

old	old crime	old ruin
particular	particular crime	particular ruin
specific	specific crime	specific ruin
real	real crime	real ruin
Other adjectives: big, great, little, ultimate, new, major, mysterious, greater, magical.

Her sister eventually becomes manipulative, wanting to ruin Rollins for being able to escape their family and become a cop, and tries to ruin her life by framing her for her own crime sprees.

Source: Abusive Parents / Live-Action TV
In a later story called "Family Values", he politely manipulates a crime family into ruin.

Source: Guile Hero
Reconstruction: Reaffirms the importance of Robin in the Batman mythos and argues that the concept of a child crime-fighter does nothing to ruin the gritty realism of a man who fights crime dressed like a bat.

Source: Theatre / Holy Musical B@man!

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