How to Use crime in a Sentence

crime

noun

• She paid dearly for her crimes.
• He was punished for a crime that he didn't commit.
• Being single is not a crime.
• There's no greater crime than forgetting your anniversary.
• The defendants were later involved in more violent crimes, Bouchard said.
  — Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
• Hesperia’s crime-free policy, however, was among the most extreme.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2022
• None of them were willing to be named, citing serious safety concerns related to organized crime.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2022
• At every level, the government is besieged or has been penetrated by organized crime.
  — Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2022
• A few hours after his act of kindness, Jones was shot dead near his home in East Oakland, a crime police have yet to solve or find a motive behind.
  — Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Dec. 2022
• The potent image-making and performative ferocity turns what could have been a crime thriller into a near-metaphysical showdown.
  — Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
• The abuse and neglect have long-lasting effects on an already vulnerable population and have even led to the conviction of some employees for violent crimes, the report says.
  — Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
• Eighteen years old at the time and with no criminal history, Hincapie said he was coerced to falsely confess to the notorious Labor Day crime.
  — Susan Haigh, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2022
• Through the years, the most prominent types of crimes on the list have changed.
  — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 18 Aug. 2024
• The abuse happened over the past decade, records state, and one of the victims was 5 years old at the time of the crimes.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 1 June 2023
• Lofthouse said there hasn’t been a big change in crime in the past year.
  — Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 19 June 2024
• The crime comes amid a spike in strong-arm robberies in Oakland.
  — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 1 June 2023
• He was released for those crimes on Jan. 17 of this year.
  — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 7 Apr. 2024
• Have Democrats been able to counter GOP attacks on crime?
  — Mark Murray, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2023
• That could partly reflect the small drop in crime the city saw last year.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2024
• Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day.
  — Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
• Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day.
  — Max Levy, The Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2024
• And if the crime sounds odd, trying to warn others got just as weird.
  — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2023
• Her crimes caught up with her, and her greed — not just for Sweeney but her greed for money.
  — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
• Parque, which her team hopes will quench the true crime thirst of its viewers.
  — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2024
• The state has a fund to help victims of crime, but the application process is long and hard.
  — al, 29 Dec. 2022
• World & Nation Cheating on your spouse is a crime in New York.
  — Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
• The two have a very Bonnie-and-Clyde relationship of love and crime.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 4 Dec. 2023
• Indeed, 49% think he should be sentenced to prison for those crimes, while 47% think not.
  — Gary Langer, ABC News, 12 July 2024
• Crypto crimes like the one Mrs. K. described are common of late, Nofziger added.
  — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2023
• Words cannot even describe the senselessness of this crime.
  — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 6 June 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024