Crime and Slight

Crime

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

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

Nearby Words: criminal, criminally

Slight noun - An act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings.

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Crime and slight are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crime" instead a noun "Slight".

particular	particular crime	particular slight
petty	petty crime	petty slight
small	small crime	small slight
real	real crime	real slight
Other adjectives: great, possible, past, minor, latest, unspecified, previous, worse.

Chuck tries to make a legit life but only to return a life of crime over a small slight.

Source: Western Animation / WordGirl
Carlito is on his way to escaping his life of crime for good when he's killed over an earlier slight.

Source: Retirony
Chris D'Amico/Red Mist could be a villainous example, given his love of comic books, his slight lisp and the fact that he and Dave have a silly bonding moment jamming in Chris's car while on the way to a crime scene.

Source: Adorkable / Live-Action Films

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