commit

verb [T] (CRIME)

/kəˈmɪt/ (-tt-)

Definition

1. Definition

2. Practise

B2 to do something illegal or something that is considered wrong: He was sent to prison for a crime that he didn't commit. to commit adultery/murder to commit an offenceObeying and breaking the lawObedient and compliantDisobedientBad and wrong behaviourSin

(Definition of commit verb (CRIME) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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