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.
• 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
• At one of the four crime scenes, police found a 4-day-old baby next to his slain mother.
  — Raja Razek, CNN, 1 Dec. 2022
• Words cannot even describe the senselessness of this crime.
  — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 6 June 2024
• In each level, the player confronts one of the crime scenes, unearthing clues in its frozen tableau.
  — Simon Parkin, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2022
• The thefts at the tool library reflect how few communities have been spared from the spate and fear of crime in D.C.
  — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
• Here are some things to know about the recent theft in Los Angeles and the history of such crimes.
  — Sean Murphy, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
• Friske has not been charged with any crime and has denied committing any crimes.
  — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2024
• Last month, a judge ordered Holmes to pay just over $452 million in restitution to the victims of her crimes.
  — Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 13 June 2023
• In one of those cases, Trump was charged with crimes related to his efforts to overturn his loss in the 2020 national election.
  — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
• Analysis: Trump refers to the U.S. as ravaged by crisis, calling it a desolate hellscape of crime, chaos and economic hardship.
  — Natasha Frost, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 21 Jan 2025