Crime
Crime noun - Activities that are in violation of the laws of the state.
Scheme and crime are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scheme" instead a noun "Crime".
Nearby Words: criminal, criminally
Scheme
Scheme noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old crime | old scheme |
| particular | particular crime | particular scheme |
| similar | similar crime | similar scheme |
| specific | specific crime | specific scheme |
| Other adjectives: original, simple, actual, entire, real, big, great, evil, little, horrible, black, main, criminal, ultimate, new, traditional, greater, next, latest, different. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Refuge in Audacity is committing a crime or scheme that is so outrageous no one can take it seriously.
Source: Square Peg, Round Trope - They pull off their own scheme in "Candy Is Dandy", when the Mayor promises them a piece of candy each time they stop a crime... only for a crime drought to ensue.
Source: Engineered Heroics -
Every crime that Arrash is assigned to turns out to be part of a villainous scheme by whichever Big Bad Stefan is investigating.
Source: Series / New Blood
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