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crimeridden

crimeridden is the alternative spelling of crime-ridden.

Meaning of crime-ridden

Adjective

crime-ridden (comparative more crime-ridden, superlative most crime-ridden)

  1. dominated or plagued by crime.
    • one of the most crime-ridden neighbourhoods of the city

Forms of crimeridden

comparativemore crimeridden
superlativemost crimeridden

Origin of crimeridden

From crime + -ridden.

Questions about crimeridden

What is crimeridden the alternative spelling of?
Crimeridden is the alternative spelling of crime-ridden.

Words near crimeridden in the dictionary

  1. Crimeo-
  2. crimeproof
  3. crimeproofed
  4. crimeproofing
  5. crimeproofs
  6. crimeridden
  7. crimes
  8. crimes against humanity
  9. crimes against nature
  10. crimes of passion
  11. crimes passionnels

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crimeridden (page history and authors); crime-ridden (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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