high crime

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌhaɪ ˈkɹaɪm/    美 /ˌhaɪ ˈkɹaɪm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
    H. Rep. 101-36

词形变化

high crimes plural

词源

From high (“of great importance and consequence; grave”) + crime.
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