Sa ordinaryong tataramon, an krimen iyo an gawe na pagbalgar sa ley na pigpapadusahan kan estado o ibang awtoridad.[1] Sa modernong ley nin krimen, terminong krimen mayo nin simple asin unibersal na pig-aako na kahulugan,[2] minsan siring an statutory na kahulugan pigtao para sa syertong katuyohan.[3] An pinakabantog na pananaw na an krimen iyo an sarong kategorya na linikha kan ley; sa ibang pagtaram, an sarong gawe masasabing sarong krimen kun iyan pigdeklarang siring kaan sa paagi kan relevant asin aplikableng ley.[2] Sarong propwestong kahulugan na an sarong krimen o offence (o opensang kriminal) iyo an aktong nakakadanyar bako sanang sa nagkapirang indibidwal alagad sa sarong komunidad man, sosyedad, o sa estado ("sarong pampublikong sala"). Pigbabawal an siring kaan na gawe asin pigpapadusahan kan ley.[1][4]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Crime". Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2009. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Cane and Conoghan (editors), The New Oxford Companion to Law, Oxford University Press, 2008 (ISBN 978-0-19-929054-3), p. 263 (Google Books Archived 2016-06-04 at the Wayback Machine.).
  3. In the United Kingdom, for instance, the definitions provided by section 243(2) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 and by the Schedule to the Prevention of Crimes Act 1871.
  4. Elizabeth A. Martin (2003). Oxford Dictionary of Law (7 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-860756-4.