преступление

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Russian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣстѫплениѥ (prěstǫplenije). By surface analysis, преступи́ть (prestupítʹ) +‎ -е́ние (-énije).

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Noun

преступле́ние (prestuplénijen inan (genitive преступле́ния, nominative plural преступле́ния, genitive plural преступле́ний, relational adjective престу́пный)

  1. crime, criminal act, offense
  2. specifically felony

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