Quote Originally Posted by radomir View Post
Thank you. Very interesting, so I understand that преступление is a kind of minor crimes, like involuntary homicides.
OK, thanks.
Преступление is any crime. It is just a general term for any crime or offense in Russian. It can be either a minor crime or a grave crime, any kind of crime.

If in Spanish))) преступление = delito, crimen. уголовное преступление - delito común.