Meaning & use
crim
An informal, chiefly British and Australian term for a criminal.
See it in a sentence
The tabloid ran a story calling him a notorious crim from the north side.
Police say the area is popular with petty crims looking for easy targets.
A note on using this word
Crim is casual slang, common in British and Australian English, and would sound out of place in formal writing.
Words with a similar meaning
criminalcrook
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