Crime and Slaying

Crime

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

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

Nearby Words: criminal, criminally

Slaying noun - The intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life.

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Crime and slaying are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crime" instead a noun "Slaying".

Nearby Words: slay, slayer

brutal	brutal crime	brutal slaying
entire	entire crime	entire slaying
violent	violent crime	violent slaying
evil	evil crime	evil slaying
Other adjectives: little, supposed, recent.

Although rather than slaying them, he mostly tries to reason with them, or arrest them if they've committed a crime.

Source: Who You Gonna Call?
Many of them don't realize that the supernatural gunslinging/monster-slaying elements that are introduced in that episode aren't the main focus of the series, nor do they stick around to see the crime drama storytelling direction that the series takes.

Source: They Copied It, So It Sucks

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Crime & Slaying. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/crime/slaying>.

Slaying or Crime. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/crime/slaying.

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