Reason for a crime Crossword Clue
While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Reason for a crime crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on April 29 2026 Newsday Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Reason for a crime has a total of 6 letters.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99% | MOTIVE | Reason for a crime | Newsday |
Definition
| • | That which moves; a mover. |
| • | That which incites to action; anything prompting or exciting to choise, or moving the will; cause; reason; inducement; object. |
| • | The theme or subject; a leading phrase or passage which is reproduced and varied through the course of a comor a movement; a short figure, or melodic germ, out of which a whole movement is develpoed. See also Leading motive, under Leading. |
| • | That which produces conception, invention, or creation in the mind of the artist in undertaking his subject; the guiding or controlling idea manifested in a work of art, or any part of one. |
| • | Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move; as, a motive argument; motive power. |
| • | To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move. |
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- Newsday: Apr 29, 2026
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