A crime is:
A) a wrongdoing that requires litigation between the victim and the perpetrator.
B) any act prohibited by the government or an omission of an act required by public law and made punishable by the government in a judicial proceeding brought by it.
C) litigation where the injured party sues to recover compensation for the damages and injury sustained as a result of the defendant's wrongful conduct.
D) wrongful conduct as set forth in statutes that constitute the supreme law of the land.

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Crime is defined as any act or omission in violation of a law prohibiting it, or the omission of an act that the law requires. These are actions deemed by the government to warrant punishment during judicial proceedings it initiates, distinguishing crimes from civil matters.

A Crime Is