Completar frases Language Leader/ CrimeVersión en línea Crime Vocabulary por Natalia Dmitrieva 1 misdemeanour community forgery civil imprisonment countries laws classes treason prison fine felony term all bigamy offences criminal crimes state penalty person life law CRIME Crime violates a community , , or nation . It is punishable in accordance with these . The defenition of crime varies according to time and place , but the laws of most consider as crimes such as arson , , burglary , , murder , and . Not offences against the law are . The laws that set down the punishments for crimes , form the . This law defines as crimes those offences considered most harmul to the . On the other hand , a may wrong someone else in some other way that offends the law . The common law recognize three of crime : treason , , and misdemeanor . Death or is the usual for treason . Laws in the United States , for example , define a felony as a crime that is punishable by a of one year or more in a state of federal . A person who commits a may be punished by a or a jail term of less than one year .