Answer: sinned

AnswerCrossword Clue
SINNED

THE MENACE BECOMES TRANSGRESSED

SINNED

Was peccant

SINNED

Broke moral edicts

SINNED
Lusted or envied
SINNED
Made a clerical error?
SINNEDTransgressed
SINNEDWent astray
SINNEDDid wrong
SINNEDWent astray.
SINNEDReprobate.
SINNEDTransgressed.
SINNEDDid wrong.
SINNEDIndulged in pride, envy, etc.
SINNEDErred
SINNEDFell from grace
SINNEDDid a no-no - Comics pest
SINNEDActed badly
SINNEDStrayed
SINNEDNeeded to confess
SINNEDHad opportunities to repent
SINNEDOffended morally