crime
KRYME · noun
Origin
English took "crime" from Middle English cryme or crime, which came from Old French crime or crimne, itself from Latin crīmen.
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Journey
As this borrowed word settled into English, it displaced the native Old English word firen, which had previously covered the same ground.