Merriam-Webster‘s Vocabular Builder ( CRIM )

CRIM comes from the Latin words for "fault or crime(犯罪)" or "accusaion(控告)"

criminology

The study of crime, criminals(罪犯), law enforcement(执法) and punishment(惩罚).

*Criminology includes the study of all aspects(方面) of crime and law enforcement.

例：His growing interest in criminology led him to become a probation(缓刑) officer.

常用词组：

Clinical Criminology 临床犯罪学 ; 临床犯罪

juvenile criminology 青少年犯罪

decriminalize

To remove or reduce the criminal(刑事) status(地位) of.

*decriminalization is not the same as legalization(合法化).

例：An angry debate over discriminalizing doctor-assisted suicide(自杀) raged(愤怒的) all day in the statehouse(州议会大厦).

incriminate

To show evidence(证据) of involvement(参与) in a crime or a fault.

*The word doesn't always refer to an actual crime.

例：The muddy tracks(泥泞的轨道) leading to and from the cookie jar(饼干罐) were enough to incriminate them.

常用词组：

incriminate innocent people 诬赖好人

to incriminate someone in wrongdoing 使某人显得有罪

recrimination

(1)An accusation(指控) in answer to an accession made against oneself.   (2)The making of such an accession.

例：Their failure to find help led to endless and pointless(无意义) recriminations over responsibility for the accident.