| 单词 | street crime |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstreet crime street crime n. originally U.S. (a) (usually in plural) a crime such as robbery, assault, etc., committed on the streets; (b) (as a mass noun) such crimes collectively. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a crime > other general types of crime political offence1771 street crime1853 crime passionnel1892 war crime1906 inside job1908 outside job1925 single-o1930 hate crime1960 1853 N.-Y. Daily Times 16 June 4/2 Accident only brings any of the thousand street crimes to the notice of the patrols. 1862 Dublin Univ. Mag. Mar. 357/2 [In Lisbon] I saw no street crime worth mention. 1973 Listener 20 Sept. 364/1 You'd expect..New York to take a highly sophisticated view of the drug problem, for it is more subtle in its operations here,..and responsible for more street crimes—robberies and rapes—than in any other State. 1978 Chicago June 162/2 The states attorney's office..must prosecute virtually all local street crime, leaving meager resources for long, complex investigations. 2004 H. Kennedy Just Law (2005) iii. 73 In the loudhailer promise of ‘Safer Streets’ the Prime Minister insisted that street crime would be greatly reduced within a tight time limit. < as lemmas |
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