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A crime is when a person does something that is against the of a country. A person who does this is called a .

The basic idea of what things are called crimes is that they are thought to be things that might cause a for another person. Things like another person, injuring another person, or from another person are crimes in most countries.

But different countries have many different of what things are crimes. Some things that are crimes in one are not crimes in other . Many countries get their ideas of what things are crimes from .

In many countries, to say that you made or wrote a , movie, song, or Web page that you didn't really write or make is a crime against the laws of . In many countries, helping to , make, move, or sell illegal is a crime.

In most countries, try to stop and to find criminals. When the police someone who they think might be a criminal, they usually hold the person in a . Then, usually, a court or a decides if the person really did a crime. If the or judge decides that the person really did it, then he or she might have to pay a fine or go to . Sometimes the judge might decide that the criminal should be (killled). This is called Capital (or the Death Penalty). There are countries in the world who criminals, and others who do not.

When some criminals make from crime, they try to stop the police finding out where the money came from by money .

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