noun, masculine/kʁim/plural: crimes
a category of severe offences within French law, comparable to a felony under United States laws. Crime are tied to the strongest of penalties, 10 years and more according to law.
“Le meurtre, la trahison, ces sont les crimes punissable par la loi d'une peine lourde.” — Murder, treason; these are the crimes punishable by a heavy penalty by law.
Related: arme du crime, crime contre l'humanité, crime de guerre, crime d'honneur, crime passionnel, le crime ne paie pas
Inherited from Old French crimne, borrowed from Latin crīmen, from Proto-Italic *kreimen, from Proto-Indo-European *kréymn̥, from *krey- (“sieve”) + *-mn̥.