how to say “crime” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פשע-1.m4a” /]פֶּשַׁע
The Hebrew word for crime is פשע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פשע-1.m4a” /]. Likewise, organized crime is פשע מאורגן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פשע-מאורגן-1.m4a” /]. The term you’re more likely to hear in the Israeli media, though, is ארגוני פשע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פשע-3.m4a” /] – crime organizations such as the mafia.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פשע-4.m4a” /]ישנה מלחמה מתמדת בין המשטרה לבין ארגוני הפשע.
There’s a perpetual war between the police and the crime organizations.
Don’t confuse פשע with the Yiddish name פעסיא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/פשע-5.m4a” /] – Pesya, commonly pronounced Pesha.