CRIME in a Sentence
Learn CRIME from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
399 example sentences for CRIME, such as:
1. People are fearful of rising crime in the area.
2. Measures are taken to battle rising mandarin crime.
3. It was not only a crime, it had been a tragic folly.
4. There's too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV.
5. Much of the crime in this area is related to drug abuse.
2. Measures are taken to battle rising mandarin crime.
3. It was not only a crime, it had been a tragic folly.
4. There's too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV.
5. Much of the crime in this area is related to drug abuse.
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Meanings and Examples of CRIME
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crime
n. (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
n. an evil act not necessarily punishable by law
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 A man is suspected of a crime months perhaps after it has been committed.
2 "You seem to be a walking calendar of crime," said Stamford with a laugh.
3 They lay all the evidence before me, and I am generally able, by the help of my knowledge of the history of crime, to set them straight.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
4 No man lives or has ever lived who has brought the same amount of study and of natural talent to the detection of crime which I have done.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
5 The Daily Telegraph remarked that in the history of crime there had seldom been a tragedy which presented stranger features.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
6 The Daily News observed that there was no doubt as to the crime being a political one.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
7 He is after the secretary Stangerson, who had no more to do with the crime than the babe unborn.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
8 The most commonplace crime is often the most mysterious because it presents no new or special features from which deductions may be drawn.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
9 After the lapse of time that has passed since their crime, it was impossible for me to secure a conviction against them in any court.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
10 It was not only a crime, it had been a tragic folly.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
11 Marriage were an enduring crime on the part of a Templar; but what lesser folly I may practise, I shall speedily be absolved from at the next Preceptory of our Order.
12 He was discovered to be anti-English, and to the class that made this discovery this was worse than the dirtiest crime.
13 My dear young lady,' rejoined the surgeon, mournfully shaking his head; 'crime, like death, is not confined to the old and withered alone.
14 You shall have time to think, and save yourself this crime; I will not loose my hold, you cannot throw me off.
15 Such preparations completed, he moved, backward, towards the door: dragging the dog with him, lest he should soil his feet anew and carry out new evidence of the crime into the streets.
Example Sentence: (189 in 13 pages)
1 According to the witness's testimony, you were present when the crime was committed.
2 The small fines for this type of crime do not act as much of a deterrent.
3 The government must take action now to stop the rise in violent crime.
4 We moved here ten years ago because there was very little crime.
5 People are fearful of rising crime in the area.
6 Much of the crime in this area is related to drug abuse.
7 They're introducing CCTV cameras in an attempt to cut street crime in the area.
8 It's no longer possible to argue that crime is unconnected with unemployment.
9 Critics of government policy argue that the new measures introduced to fight crime are simply papering over the cracks.
10 Photographs of the crime scene began to arrive within twenty minutes.
11 Liaison between police forces and the art world is vital to combat art crime.
12 The article claims that an increase in crime indicates a decline in moral standards.
13 Measures are taken to battle rising mandarin crime.
14 Children from an underprivileged family background are statistically more likely to become involved in crime.
15 There's too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV.