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Verbrechen

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nounneuter
  1. a felony, indictable offence
  2. a crime; any criminal offence
  3. crimeillegal activity as such, at large; criminals collectively

Forms

Declension

singularplural
nominativeVerbrechenVerbrechen
genitiveVerbrechensVerbrechen
dativeVerbrechenVerbrechen
accusativeVerbrechenVerbrechen

Used in the library

  • Sexuelle Gewalt ist ein schweres Verbrechen.Sexual violence is a serious crime.A2Noch einmal, bitte (4) — Once more, please (4) (A2)
  • Wer ein Verbrechen begeht, kommt in den Knast.Anyone who commits a crime goes to jail.A2Noch einmal, bitte (2) — Once more, please (2) (A2)
  • „Unsere Ehe war nicht glücklich, aber ich habe kein Verbrechen begangen", sagt sie."Our marriage wasn't happy, but I didn't commit a crime," she says.A2Der Tote im Bootshaus — The dead man in the boathouse (A2)
  • In der Schweiz wurde die Todesstrafe für zivile Verbrechen 1942 abgeschafft.In Switzerland the death penalty for civilian crimes was abolished in 1942.B2Noch einmal, bitte (30) — Once more, please (30) (B2)

Other ways to say it

  • Kriminalitätcrime (practice or habit of committing crimes; criminal acts collectively); criminality, criminalness (state of being criminal)
  • Straftatcriminal offence
  • Verbrechertumgangsterism, criminality

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