Crime
Crime noun - Activities that are in violation of the laws of the state.
Wasting and crime are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wasting" instead a noun "Crime".
Nearby Words: criminal, criminally
Wasting
Wasting noun - Any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Well, technically, none of those things were crimes 'cept maybe dumping the body and cleaning the crime scene up, and perhaps wasting police time, but that's, by comparison, pretty trivial.
Source: Crime After Crime -
Turns out he faked the crime as an excuse to bother them, and gets sent to jail for wasting their time.
Source: Series / Adam Ruins Everything -
The of Steppelords of Mars, though, makes it clear that wasting water for washing is a crime and a taboo but there is not trace of this in the illustrations.
Source: Nubile Savage
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