Meaning
Troubles, misfortunes, and hardships — the burdens and afflictions a person has to bear. To be 'inna crasses' is to be caught in a run of bad luck, trials, and difficulty. Drawn from 'cross' in the sense of a heavy load to carry through life (as in bearing one's cross), the word names the weight of suffering and setback, and it is spoken with a weary, long-suffering feeling by those going through a hard, testing patch.
Examples
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Mi deh inna pure crasses dis year.
I've been going through nothing but trouble this year.
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Dat man bring crasses pon di family.
That man brought misfortune on the family.
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Every day a new crasses.
Every day brings a fresh trouble.
Origin
From English 'crosses' — the crosses or burdens one has to bear — reshaped in Jamaican pronunciation to 'crasses'.
How it’s used
Weighty and often weary in tone, used for a spell of real hardship rather than a single small setback.