| acrimony | (noun) a rough and bitter manner | Synonyms: acerbity, bitterness, jaundice, tartness, thorniness |
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| crime | (noun) (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act | Synonyms: criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking |
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| (noun) an evil act not necessarily punishable by law | - |
| criminal | (noun) someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | Synonyms: crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw |
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| criminalisation | (noun) legislation that makes something illegal | Synonyms: criminalization |
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| criminalism | (noun) the state of being a criminal | Synonyms: criminality, criminalness |
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| criminality | (noun) the state of being a criminal | Synonyms: criminalism, criminalness |
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| criminalization | (noun) legislation that makes something illegal | Synonyms: criminalisation |
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| criminalness | (noun) the state of being a criminal | Synonyms: criminalism, criminality |
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| criminologist | (noun) a specialist in criminology | - |
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| criminology | (noun) the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement | - |
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| crimp | (noun) a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled | - |
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| (noun) someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers | Synonyms: crimper |
| (noun) an angular or rounded shape made by folding | Synonyms: bend, crease, flexure, fold, plication |
| crimper | (noun) a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it | Synonyms: curler, hair curler, roller |
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| (noun) a hand tool used for joining two pieces of metal or other ductile material (usually a wire and a metal plate) by deforming one or both of them to hold the other. | Synonyms: crimping pliers |
| (noun) someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers | Synonyms: crimp |
| crimson | (noun) a deep and vivid red color | Synonyms: deep red, ruby |
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| cybercrime | (noun) crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operations with malevolent programs | - |
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| decriminalisation | (noun) legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal | Synonyms: decriminalization |
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| decriminalization | (noun) legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal | Synonyms: decriminalisation |
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| discrimination | (noun) unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice | Synonyms: favoritism, favouritism |
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| (noun) the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished | Synonyms: secernment |
| discriminator | (noun) a person who (or that which) differentiates | Synonyms: differentiator |
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| incrimination | (noun) an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed | Synonyms: blame, inculpation |
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| lacrimation | (noun) shedding tears | Synonyms: lachrymation, tearing, watering |
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| lacrimator | (noun) a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds | Synonyms: lachrymator, tear gas, teargas |
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| recrimination | (noun) mutual accusations | - |
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| scrim | (noun) a firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater | - |
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| scrimmage | (noun) a noisy riotous fight | Synonyms: battle royal, melee |
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| (noun) (American football) practice play between a football team's squads | - |
| scrimshanker | (noun) a shirker | - |
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| scrimshaw | (noun) a carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers | - |
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