forgery vs crime

forgery and crime both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
forgery	Yes	No	No	No
crime	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, crime is a hypernym of forgery; that is, crime is a word with a broader meaning than forgery:

forgery: criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud
crime: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act

Other hypernyms of forgery include falsehood, falsification, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking.

forgery (noun)	crime (noun)
criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud	(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
a copy that is represented as the original	an evil act not necessarily punishable by law