| 单词 | crime-busting | 
| 释义 | > as lemmascrime-busting   crime-busting adj. and n. colloquial (originally U.S.) 		 (a) adj. that reduces, prevents, or investigates crime;		 (b) n. the action of working to reduce the incidence of crime; = crime fighting adj. and n. ΚΠ 1937    La Crosse 		(Wisconsin)	 Tribune & Leader-Press 25 Feb. 10/6 		(advt.)	  				Crime busting laboratory of U.S. 1938    Hartford 		(Connecticut)	 Daily Courant 3 Jan. 9/4  				Two and a half years as special prosecutor of rackets which skyrocketed him to the top of his field, ‘crime busting’. 1997    Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 26 Apr. 1/3  				It was the first attempted auto theft to be foiled as a direct result of the crime-busting cameras. 2004    R. B. Parker Bad Business 		(2005)	 xi. 49  				A life of crime-busting has made you cynical. < as lemmas | 
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