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.
• Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day.
  — Max Levy, The Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2024
• These insights help the company rank countries based on crime, terrorism risks, health systems and more.
  — Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
• Moore is worried about crime at South Shore Plaza, which has seen a string of violent incidents over the last few years.
  — Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Feb. 2023
• Howard and Campbell years ago signed affidavits admitting to the crime and claiming Johnson was not involved.
  — Jim Salter, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2023
• The last time a person was executed for a federal crime in New York was in 1954.
  — Larry Neumeister, ajc, 14 Feb. 2023
• This is the Memphis squeeze: a city in need of vigorous crime-fighting solutions, but one that is also reeling from a police abuse problem.
  — Richard Fausset, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2023
• The newspapers put the crime squarely in the public’s sights, running gruesome photos of the victims strewn about with the blood that had poured from their bodies pooled on the cement floor.
  — Marisa Iati, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Feb. 2023
• Even police vehicles have fallen victim to the increasingly common crime.
  — Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2023
• Queen Latifah's reboot-slash-spinoff of a beloved '80s crime drama is returning for its fifth season this weekend.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
• Caryl Chessman was one of the last men executed in California for a crime that did not involve killing another human.
  — Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2023
• Georgia lawmakers proposed a bill that would add more prison time to anyone convicted of gang activity, whether involved in a crime or in recruiting minors to join the gang.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2023
• Canning spent the remainder of her shift investigating the reported crime and submitted evidence to the precinct around 3 a.m. the next morning.
  — oregonlive, 14 Feb. 2023
• The top three issues for Republicans were the economy, immigration, and violent crime.
  — Gabrielle M. Etzel, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Oct. 2024
• In part 2 of this series next week, Fixing Our City will explore these arguments — and the effectiveness of cameras as a crime-fighting tool.
  — Fixing Our City Podcast, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024