Crime and Rumor

Crime

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

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

Nearby Words: criminal, criminally

Rumor

Rumor noun - Information or opinion that is widely disseminated without any authority or confirmation of accuracy.
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Synonyms for Rumor

Crime and rumor are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crime" instead a noun "Rumor".

Nearby Words: rumour, rumored, rumoured, rumoring

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Arrested for Heroism Rumor has him in league with "Gentleman Johnny" Marcone, the chief crime boss of Chicago, mostly because he kind of is, very much against his will.
  • The film has a rumor going around on base that a group of high level covert ops guys and elite Army Rangers turned to crime and set themselves up as a criminal empire.
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