crying shame vs transgression

crying shame

noun
  • A situation that is considered to be a disgrace, or deplorable. 

transgression

noun
  • A violation of a law, duty or commandment. 

  • An act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries. 

  • A relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata. 

How often have the words crying shame and transgression occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )