high crime
noun/ˌhaɪ ˈkɹaɪm/US
Etymology
From high (“of great importance and consequence; grave”) + crime.
Definitions
A major crime or wrongdoing, notably one subject to trial before the highest courts which…
A major crime or wrongdoing, notably one subject to trial before the highest courts which may impose the gravest punishments.
- Lese majesty used to be a high crime, for which royal or imperial courts often put offenders to death.
- Charles Stuart King of England. You have been accuſed on behalf of the People of England of high Treaſon and other high Crimes; the Court have determined that you ought to anſwer the ſame.
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