Crime
Crime noun - Activities that are in violation of the laws of the state.
Villainy is a synonym for crime in lawbreaking topic. In some cases you can use "Villainy" instead a noun "Crime", when it comes to topics like misdeed, offense against the law.
Nearby Words: criminal, criminally
Villainy
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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As Holmes himself notes, the presence of crime and villainy is what gives his life meaning and stops him from spending his days moping and taking cocaine.
Source: Nice Job Fixing It, Villain -
Miracle City from El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, "a spicy cesspool of crime and villainy" according to the Opening Narration and is in fact the town's slogan.
Source: Wretched Hive - Jump City is portrayed as a den of crime and villainy.
Source: Headscratchers / Teen Titans
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Villainy and Crime. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/crime/villainy
Crime & Villainy. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/crime/villainy>.
Villainy or Crime. 2016. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/crime/villainy.
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