heinous+crime
11Crime fiction — Murder mystery redirects here. For other uses, see Murder mystery (disambiguation). Sherlock Holmes, pipe puffing hero of crime fiction, confers with his colleague Dr. Watson; together these characters popularized the genre. Crime fiction is the… …
12crime — noun 1 illegal act ADJECTIVE ▪ appalling (esp. BrE), awful, bloody, brutal, despicable, dreadful (esp. BrE), grave, great, heinous, horr …
13crime — A positive or negative act in violation of penal law; an offense against the State or United States. Crime and misdemeanor , properly speaking, are synonymous terms; though in common usage crime is made to denote such offenses as are of a more… …
14crime — A positive or negative act in violation of penal law; an offense against the State or United States. Crime and misdemeanor , properly speaking, are synonymous terms; though in common usage crime is made to denote such offenses as are of a more… …
15heinous — adj. Heinous is used with these nouns: ↑act, ↑crime, ↑offence, ↑sin …
16heinous — hei|nous [ heınəs ] adjective VERY FORMAL a heinous act or crime is extremely evil …
17heinous — UK [ˈheɪnəs] / US adjective very formal a heinous act or crime is extremely evil …
18heinous — [ˈheɪnəs] adj very formal a heinous act or crime is extremely evil …
19heinous — adj. (of a crime or criminal) utterly odious or wicked. Derivatives: heinously adv. heinousness n. Etymology: ME f. OF haiumlneus ult. f. haiumlr to hate f. Frank …
20serious crime — heinous offense, crime which bears a heavy punishment, cruel offense …
