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单词 crime
释义
crimecrime /kraɪm/ ●●● S2 W2 noun Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcrime
Origin:
1200-1300 Latin crimen ‘judgment, accusation, crime’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Crime is a complex social problem with no single cause or solution.
  • Compared to most cities, Cedar Rapids has very little crime.
  • He was sentenced to 25 years in prison for rape and other sexual crimes against women.
  • Increasing the number of patrol cars on the street has not had any effect on the level of serious crime.
  • Investigators believe that the crime was committed at around 7.30 p.m.
  • Not surprisingly, the police say that 50% of serious crimes are drug-related.
  • Reynolds became involved in petty crime at a very young age.
  • The demonstrators called on the governor to make solving the crime a priority.
  • the growing problem of crime in the inner cities
  • The number of crimes reported in the New York City area has decreased dramatically over the last ten years.
  • Violent crime increased by 11% last year.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • For everyone there is a problem in understanding the nature of the crime when no motive can be identified.
  • He called for making payment delinquency a felony crime in some cases.
  • In his past, however, there is an unsolved crime that continues to torment him.
  • The agency also recently hosted a meeting of prefectural police to coordinate investigations into crimes tied to the bad loans.
  • The cops believe they have both participated in an alleged crime and wish to get one or both to give evidence.
  • The police would let him use their files because he usually brought back good tips from the crime underworld.
Thesaurus
THESAURUSillegal actions
noun [countable, uncountable] an illegal action or activity, or these actions in general: · The police need the public’s help to solve crimes.· Crime is on the increase.· It was a horrific crime.
British English, offense American English noun [countable] a crime, especially one that has a particular description and name in law: · It is an offence to drive while using a mobile phone.· a minor offence (=one that is not serious)· a serious offence· a parking offence
noun [countable] American English law a crime that is not very serious: · They pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and were fined.
noun [countable, uncountable] especially American English law a serious crime: · Fewer than 25 percent of the people arrested on felony charges are convicted.· He committed a series of violent felonies.
crimes of stealing
noun [countable, uncountable] the crime of stealing from a bank, shop etc: · Over £100,000 was stolen in the robbery.· The gang carried out a string of daring robberies.
noun [countable, uncountable] the crime of breaking into someone’s home in order to steal things: · There have been several burglaries in our area.
noun [countable, uncountable] the crime of stealing something: · Car theft is a big problem.· thefts of credit cards
noun [uncountable] the crime of taking things from shops without paying for them: · They get money for drugs from shoplifting.
noun [countable, uncountable] the crime of getting money from people by tricking them: · He’s been charged with tax fraud.· credit card fraud
noun [uncountable] especially American English law the crime of stealing something: · He was found guilty of larceny.
noun [uncountable] the activity of tricking people into giving their personal details, bank numbers etc on the Internet, in order to steal money from them: · One in four computer users reports that they have been hit by phishing attempts.
violent crimes
noun [countable, uncountable] the crime of physically attacking someone: · He was arrested for an assault on a policeman.
noun [countable, uncountable] the crime of attacking and robbing someone in a public place: · Muggings usually happen at night.
noun [countable, uncountable] the crime of deliberately killing someone: · He is accused of the murder of five women.
noun [countable, uncountable] especially American English law murder: · Homicide rates are rising fastest amongst teenagers.
noun [countable, uncountable] the crime of forcing someone to have sex: · In most cases of rape, the victim knows her attacker.
crimes against property
noun [uncountable] the crime of deliberately setting fire to a building: · The school was completely destroyed in an arson attack.
noun [uncountable] the crime of deliberately damaging things, especially public property: · He often got into fights and committed acts of vandalism.
Longman Language Activatora crime
an action that is against the law, for example stealing something, taking drugs, or deliberately hurting someone: · The number of crimes reported in the New York City area has decreased dramatically over the last ten years.commit a crime (=do something that is a crime): · Investigators believe that the crime was committed at around 7.30 p.m.crime against: · He was sentenced to 25 years in prison for rape and other sexual crimes against women.serious crime: · Not surprisingly, the police say that 50% of serious crimes are drug-related.solve a crime (=find out who did it): · The demonstrators called on the governor to make solving the crime a priority.
British /offense American an action that can be punished by law: · Tarrant is now in jail for various offenses, including rape.commit an offence (=do something that is an offence): · Bates is being tried for offences committed in the early 1990s.criminal offence: · Driving under the influence of alcohol is a criminal offense.· The bill seeks to make it a criminal offence to inflict cruelty on any animal.serious offence: · Possession of an unregistered firearm is a serious offense.minor offence (=not very serious): · Hewson was arrested for a number of minor offences.speeding/parking etc offence: · Speeding offences are usually punishable by a fine.
a serious crime such as murder or a violent attack - used especially in the legal system in the US: · Leach was charged with sexual assault, which is a felony in Connecticut.· Johnson was preparing his defense against felony charges of armed robbery and assault.commit a felony: · She denied that she had committed any kind of felony.
a crime that is not very serious - used especially in the legal system in the US: · By the time he was 14, Horowitz already had several misdemeanors on his file.· McFarlane pleaded guilty to four federal misdemeanor charges that he had lied to Congress.commit a misdemeanor: · The court also processes cases of children and youth who have committed misdemeanors or felonies.
crimes in general
crimes in general - use this to talk generally about the reasons for crime , the problems it causes, and the number of crimes: · Crime is a complex social problem with no single cause or solution. · the growing problem of crime in the inner citiesviolent crime: · Violent crime increased by 11% last year.serious crime: · Increasing the number of patrol cars on the street has not had any effect on the level of serious crime.petty crime (=crime that is not serious): · Reynolds became involved in petty crime at a very young age.
formal criminal behaviour that seems to have no reason, such as fighting or destroying things, especially when this is done by young people: · Delinquency and drug addiction are more common in areas of high unemployment.juvenile delinquency (=among young people): · The study clearly demonstrates the link between juvenile delinquency and child abuse.
connected with crimes: · He denies that he was ever involved in any criminal activities.· an expert on criminal lawcriminal charges: · The former president could face criminal charges.criminal investigation: · Scottish police are carrying out a criminal investigation into the affair.
someone who is guilty of a crime
someone who is guilty of a serious crime or of several crimes: · Grimes is considered to be one of the most dangerous criminals in the US.· Sending children to adult prisons just means they learn to be 'better' criminals from the adult inmates.common criminal (=not someone who commits crimes for political reasons or because of their principles): · The British government maintains that Donavan is a common criminal who should be brought to justice.
someone who has broken the law and is punished for doing this: · The courts should impose tougher punishments on offenders.young offenderBritish /juvenile offender American (=under 18 years old): · The committee will investigate more effective ways of dealing with young offenders.
someone, especially a young person, who is guilty of criminal behaviour such as fighting or destroying things: · He blames most of the town's problems on local delinquents.juvenile delinquent (=one who is still a child): · More than half of all juvenile delinquents currently in state institutions have disturbed family backgrounds.
someone who does something illegal - used especially in newspapers or on television: · The penalties must be severe enough to deter lawbreakers.· Police say lawbreakers are encouraged by the slowness of the judicial system.
someone who is guilty of a serious crime - used especially in the legal system in the US: · Oakdale Prison holds over 600 dangerous felons.· Stevens said his plan would keep guns out of felons' hands.
someone who is wanted is being looked for by the police because they are thought to be guilty of a crime: wanted for: · Richards is wanted for the murder of a security guard at the City Bank in December of last year.most wanted man/criminal/fugitive etc: · The mass murderer known as the "Yorkshire Ripper" was for a long time the most wanted man in Britain.
a group of criminals
a group of criminals who work together: · Warning: gangs of pickpockets operate in this area.· Police say an armed gang stole nearly $1.9 million in a bank robbery over the weekend.
a group of people who work together and organize an illegal trade, especially in something such as drugs or weapons: · Drug rings operate in most large cities of the world.· Corvino was the sixth member of the spy ring to be arrested for stealing high-tech secrets from several Silicon Valley firms.
a large and powerful organization that controls illegal businesses and criminal activities: · The syndicates see these women as easy candidates to force into the sex trade.
large criminal organizations that plan and control serious crime such as robbing banks or selling drugs: · The police need more resources to combat organized crime.
the group of secret organizations that plan and organize crime in a particular city: · Owen has been active in the Las Vegas underworld for years.· He's accused of having connections with Japan's criminal underworld.
to do something that is a crime
: commit a crime/offence/murder etc do something that is a crime, especially a serious or violent crime: · Brady committed a series of brutal murders.· Women commit far fewer crimes than men.· It now seems likely that Mason was sent to prison for an offence he never committed.
to do something that is illegal: · I didn't realize that I was breaking the law.· Hamer acknowledges that what he did was wrong, but denies breaking the law.· Should journalists ever break the law in order to get a story?
to get into a situation in which you are blamed or punished for doing something illegal: · Logue got into trouble for drug violations.get into trouble with: · When he was a teenager, Wayne got into a lot of trouble with the police.
to begin a way of life that involves crime: · He claims that when he could not find work, he was forced to turn to crime.· Kramer said that he turned to crime in a bid to pay off his debts.
if someone has a criminal record, they have been found guilty of a crime in the past, and this information is officially recorded by the police or the courts: · A background check confirmed that he had a criminal record.· Loman has a lengthy criminal record.
a situation that you think is wrong or immoral
· It's very bad that tons of food are going to waste while people are starving.· What's really bad is the way the government promises new housing and never provides it.
morally unacceptable, unfair, and against accepted ideas about what should be allowed to happen: · I was taught that abortion is wrong, even though it's not illegal.· It's wrong the way they treat that poor animal.
something that is disgusting makes people feel shocked and angry, because it is completely immoral, evil, or unfair: · The attitude toward immigrants and racial minorities in this country is disgusting.· It's disgusting the way politicians use their position to their personal advantage.
very immoral, unfair, or cruel, in a way that people think is unnecessary and unacceptable: · The state of the country's health system is scandalous.· a shocking waste of human life· The amount of money spent on nuclear weapons is shocking.· It's scandalous that a lawyer who holds a position of trust would be involved in this kind of embezzlement.
a situation that is outrageous is extremely bad and unfair in a way that makes people very angry: · I've always thought it outrageous that the poor have to pay for tax cuts for the rich.· The President accused the writer of an outrageous personal attack on his wife.
if you say something is a disgrace , you think it should not be allowed to happen, because it is very unfair or unkind: · The way they treat their workers is a disgrace.it's a disgrace (that): · It's a disgrace that the only hospital in the town has been closed.
you say that a situation is a crime or is a sin when you mean it is very bad, especially because it is not fair and could easily be prevented: · No one should be in such a bad way that they have to beg. It's a sin.· The condition of the inner cities in this country is nothing short of a crime.it's a crime/sin to do something: · Mrs Clark said it would be a sin to evict them just because they hadn't paid their rent.· It would be a crime not to take this opportunity to reconstruct our educational system.
a situation that is criminal is morally wrong, but not illegal: · I think keeping animals locked up in cages is criminal.· Having such beautiful paintings and not letting the public see them is a criminal waste of the nation's art treasures.
formal a situation that is deplorable is very bad, especially when it is unnecessary and could easily be prevented: · Something must be done about the deplorable state of our roads.· In addition to their harsh sentences, the prisoners have been exposed to deplorable prison conditions.
illegal
forbidden by law: · Scott was arrested for being in possession of illegal drugs.· In those days, abortion was illegal.· Large numbers of illegal immigrants crossed the border at night.it is illegal (for somebody) to do something: · It is illegal to sell tobacco to children under 16.· Since 1990, it has been illegal for the US to develop or possess biological weapons.make something illegal: · Gorbachev wanted to make all strikes illegal, but the Soviet parliament refused to accept such a ban.
to be illegal: · Driving a car without insurance is against the law.it is against the law (for somebody) to do something: · In Britain, it's against the law to own a gun without having a licence.· Nowadays it is against the law for a teacher to hit a child in any circumstances.
if something is a crime it is illegal and you can be punished for it: · Violence in the home is a crime, just as much as violence from a stranger.it is a crime (for somebody) to do something: · It should not be a crime for people to criticize their own government.
illegal - use this especially about something that could be legal if the situation in which it was done was different: · The court ruled that the raid had been unlawful.· unlawful employment practicesunlawful arrest/killing/imprisonment etc (=the illegal arrest, killing etc of someone): · Anyone who has been the victim of unlawful arrest is entitled to compensation.
: criminal activities/behaviour/offence etc activities, behaviour etc that can be severely punished by law: · Cruelty to animals is a criminal offence.· It was estimated that Walker had made around £100,000 from his criminal activities.
illicit activities or goods are illegal and usually kept secret: · Illicit diamond exports are said to be worth over $200 million.· Marijuana remains the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States.
if a type of behaviour or an activity is against the rules , it is not allowed by the rules of an organization, game etc: · Smoking in the school building is strictly against the rules.it's against the rules to do something: · It's against the rules to touch the ball with your hand.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meanings 1 & 2verbs
· Most crime is committed by young men.
· The boy admitted that he’d carried out the crime.
· There are a number of ways in which the public can help the police to fight crime.
· new measures to beat car crime
(=start committing crimes)· Youngsters who are bored sometimes turn to crime.
· It took ten years for the police to solve the crime.
· I immediately telephoned the police to report the crime.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + crime
· Kidnapping is a very serious crime.
· Figures show a 19% rise in violent crime.
(also a dreadful crime British English)· What made him commit such a terrible crime?
(=crime that is not very serious)· Immigrants were blamed for the increase in petty crime.
(=committed by children and teenagers)· Police blame gangs for a third of all juvenile crime in the city.
(=not proved to have happened)· No evidence of the alleged crime was presented.
(=committed by large organizations of criminals)· the growing threats of terrorism and organized crime
British English (=stealing cars)· the battle against car crime
(=crimes such as robbery committed on the streets)· There will be new measures to tackle street crime.
(=involving businesses)· Those responsible for corporate crime often escape punishment.
(=stealing from or damaging property)· theft and other property crime
(=committed using computers)· It is usually companies that are the victims of computer crime.
(=serious crimes committed during a war)
(=in which someone is sexually attacked)
(=committed against someone because of their race, religion etc)
American English (=a crime such as murder, for which the criminal can be killed)
phrases
· Victims of crime do not always report the offence.
(=strong action to fight crime)· The government has promised a crackdown on crime.
(also the crime scene) (=the place where a crime has happened)· Detectives were already at the scene of the crime.
(=punish crime severely)· Politicians want to appear tough on crime.
(=not punish crime severely enough)· He accused the government of being soft on crime.
crime + NOUN
(=a sudden increase in crime in an area)· Larger cities have been the worst hit by the crime wave.
(=when one person commits a lot of crimes in a short time)· He was arrested after a two-day crime spree.
· The police can give you advice on crime prevention.
· The crime rate has gone up.
· The new crime figures are not good.
American English (=an organization of criminals)· Women found themselves trapped by crime syndicates into prostitution.
(=someone who writes stories about crimes, especially murder)
COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘do a crime’. Say commit a crime or carry out a crime.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 their alleged involvement in international terrorism The alleged victim made the complaint at a police station in York.
British English· Car crime in the area has risen rapidly.
 To combat inflation, the government raised interest rates.
· People who commit crimes end up in jail.
 He compounded the offence by calling his opponents liars.
· Cameras have helped to cut crime in the town centre.
 a despicable crime
(=about a crime or crimes)· 'American Gangster' is a crime drama set in 1970s New York.
(=crime committed by gangs)· The initiative aims to cut gang crime in Los Angeles.
 a heinous crime
 a mafia kingpin
(=crimes in which people are attacked with knives)· Knife crime is on the increase.
· Murder carries a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison.
 Effective crime prevention must be our main goal. a fire prevention officer
(=it should be appropriate)· The public believe that the punishment should fit the crime.
· Our crime rate is one of the lowest in the country.
· He started as a news reporter on Radio 1.
(=that is the punishment for that crime)· Rape should carry an automatic life sentence.
· Kidnapping is a serious crime.
 No politician wants to seem soft on crime.
· The crime was never solved.
· The economic statistics tell a grim story.
(=when people are attacked in the street)· Young men are most likely to be victims of street crime.
· The police set up a special task force to tackle street crime in the capital.
 addicts who turn to crime to finance their habit
· He has a number of convictions for violent crime.
(=a cruel act in a war which is against international law)· They will be charged with war crimes.
 an international war crimes tribunal (=court judging war crimes)
(=a sudden increase in crime)· The city is experiencing a crime wave.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Thus, such crimes as embezzlement and other examples of employee theft will not be included in this discussion of corporate crime.· The practice fosters corporate crime, and the governing ethic-that public service ought not be parlayed into private profitis often eclipsed.· That definition, which is taken from Box's study, is rather long-winded, but corporate crime is a complex issue.· But when bills are introduced in Congress to help curb the epidemic of corporate crime, there is an eerie silence.· The evidence is, in the case of corporate crime, that nothing much happens by way of public scandal and social ruin.· Before proceeding to estimate the costs of corporate crime, one last distinction needs to be made.· Indifference rather than intention may be the cause of greater human suffering, particularly with regard to corporate crime.· Below we will concentrate on an examination of corporate, business crime, the law-breaking of businesses and corporations.
· The argument of all crackdown law is that it applies special, draconian measures to tackle some heinous crime.· We not only face the heinous crimes dead on, we face our fellow viewers.· For Mankins, seeing Harris die was simple retribution for a heinous crime.
· Both types of survey show a far higher figure for crimes committed than do the official statistics produced by the police.· His ruling may have been an abomination, but it was neither a high crime nor a misdemeanor.· A succession of sensational crimes has capped a 23-year high in serious crimes.· Studies show a disproportionately high amount of crime attributable to kids born after long, difficult labors with forceps deliveries.· It is no use the Home Secretary saying that the high crime rate is due to other factors.· Starring newcomer Johnny Depp, it was about four young cops who battled high school crime.· When the economy is bad and unemployment high, crime is rife.· Not a necessary social misdemeanor, as most bootlegging was contemporaneously regarded, but a high crime in any age.
· Mr Clarke also stressed the role of schools in combating juvenile crime and demanded more effective treatment of disruptive pupils.· Governor Bush has made his mark building prisons, toughening laws on juvenile crime and calling for lower property taxes.· I emphasise that juvenile crime is not the same as adult crime.· The breakdown of community has brought far more problems than personal malaise, of course. Juvenile crime is up.· Children of welfare-dependent single-parent families have neither a monopoly on juvenile crime nor a disdain for conventional values.· Between 1990 and 1994, there was a 57 percent increase in juvenile violent crime arrests.· Kids Count also reports a 47 percent rise in juvenile violent crime arrests since 1985.· By comparison, Sanders said juvenile crime has been up significantly in many other big cities.
· This is the only crime for which the judges concede there is sufficient evidence.· Once upon a time the only crime in this neck of the woods was domestic.· Mr Clinton's only crime so far is to have been accused by an ageing cabaret artiste of infidelity.· Now he was dead, brutally murdered, and Corbett knew his only crime was that some one had watched them talk.· Violence was the only crime for which he found any link with unemployment.· Tell the King that Mohamed Srifi's only crime seems to have been the expression of his peaceful political views.· Street robbery was not the only crime to be viewed leniently in the interwar years.· In that respect, Johnson's only crime was naïvety.
· As the years had progressed a series of petty crimes had seen him in remand homes, borstals and finally prison.· Economic deprivation has increased both petty and violent crimes, turning some cities into murder capitals.· He has convictions there for a number of theft and similar petty crime offences since leaving St Patrick's.· Johnson had two prior convictions for residential burglaries and a history of petty crimes.· The place was suffused with struggle and resentment and frustration. Petty crime was commonplace.· How do three-strikers endure the thought of spending life in prison for a relatively petty crime?· If the government no longer differentiates between petty crime and murder, why should they?
· Yet recorded crime fell by one-third despite increased willingness among the police and public to institute prosecutions.· The statistics show that recorded crime is predominantly working-class.· Firstly, improved police efficiency will affect the rate of recorded crime.· Thus recorded crime can only be seen as an indication of criminal activity.· Changes in either or both will produce changes in recorded crime trends.· But this can not be taken as carteblanche for assuming that long-term recorded crime trends correspond to victimization.· More than half of all recorded crimes are car crimes, involving the theft of vehicles or the theft of property from vehicles.
· All those factors are linked to rising crime rates.· Viktor Barannikov gave an old-style speech warning of the threat of foreign intelligence services and rising crime.· He takes over at a time when latest figures show Gloucestershire with the fasting rising crime rate in the country.· Voice over At Thames Valley police headquarters today rising crime statistics were on the agenda of a meeting of the police authority.· The insurance industry is also very concerned about rising car crime.· Read in studio Police have launched a new initiative to tackle a rising wave of crime.· It's no good just bleating on about the rising tide of crime to get money out of the government.
· Petty crime was commonplace. Serious crime was the stuff of stairhead gossip.· Although the Navy had substantial evidence of several serious crimes, there was never a trial for any of them.· Bigamy, for example, is a serious crime in Britain yet it is normal and accepted practice in other countries.· The second man faces charges for being an accomplice to a serious crime.· As we saw in Chapter 1, women commit fewer crimes, less serious crimes and do less often.· Consider the following:-Statistically, only a small percentage of people become victims of a serious crime.· New closed prisons were built for convicted offenders serving long fixed sentences or life imprisonment for the most serious crimes.· However the failure of some one to go to mass is considered to be a serious crime.
· On Saturday, Dole piled on, using Napolitano to blast Clinton judicial appointees as soft on crime.· But criticism of the Stack nomination is not the same as accusing Clinton of being soft on crime.· Dole aides believe they can paint the president as soft on crime by hammering his judicial nominees.
· If Feinstein takes on Lungren, she must have a Washington record of being tough on crime.· Everyone wants to get tough on crime, until the bill comes in.
· Most of those arrested were reported to have been previously convicted of drug and arms trafficking and violent crimes.· It is by now well known that about half of all violent crime is committed by and against blacks.· There is now much more public demand for support to the victims of violent crime.· As a police reporter for the Miami Herald, she covered thousands of murders and other violent crimes.· The state executes drug smugglers, murderers, rapists and those convicted of other violent crimes.· Between 1990 and 1994, there was a 57 percent increase in juvenile violent crime arrests.· Overall crime rates fell by 2.7 % in the year to March, but violent crime increased.· Kids Count also reports a 47 percent rise in juvenile violent crime arrests since 1985.
NOUN
· Higher insurance as car crime rockets.· By then, car crime had pushed insurance rates up beyond the ozone and way past the stratosphere.· Two types of car crime offenders concern us.· Painfully little has been done specifically to tackle car crime, which is a major aspect of youth crime.· And the more car crime there is, the more it costs to insure.· The police have taken action to combat the wave of car crime.· More than 1.5 million car crimes were committed last year, one in five by people under 21, a survey found.· More than half of all recorded crimes are car crimes, involving the theft of vehicles or the theft of property from vehicles.
· Murder, rape and other hate crimes could be a mere provocation away.· Vista Unified School District trustees became so concerned that they now expel students caught committing hate crimes.· The Anti-Defamation League has compiled hate crime statistics from law enforcement throughout the county and recorded 413 incidents from 1992-94.· Exactly what makes a hate crime?· But Roth said investigations showed few of the reports reflected actual hate crimes.· On Tuesday, Symington vetoed a bill that would have allowed judges to increase prison sentences for hate crimes.· Thirty-six states have similar hate-crimes laws, and reports of hate crimes have been on the rise in Arizona, Woods says.· And statewide, only 215 of 750 law enforcement agencies reported any hate crimes.
· Talk about crime and crime prevention.· Last month, the governor's office announced the county would get $ 10.3 million from a statewide crime prevention act.· Ten schools from the area took part in the competition which tested knowledge of crime prevention and personal safety.· But Stevens said the goal should be set higher to give officers more time for crime prevention.· But some speakers emphasised the importance of crime prevention, community liaison and education.· I can confirm, however, that on 11 February I shall announce a major campaign - car crime prevention year.· They offer confidential counselling, basic crime prevention advice and help with practical details like insurance claims.· So crime prevention should be too.
· All those factors are linked to rising crime rates.· Truancy rates have dropped 42 percent, and daytime crime rates have dropped 35 percent.· He failed to make only one comparison - that on crime rates.· Yet when crime rates rise, the police buy more squad cars.· Any Government who are seriously concerned about dealing with the escalating crime rate must begin to tackle crime at its roots.· Warlock has gone so far as to link the rate of out-of-wedlock births to crime rates.· He takes over at a time when latest figures show Gloucestershire with the fasting rising crime rate in the country.· And the male crime rate during any nine-day period is still higher than the female crime rate during the premenstrual period.
· Unfortunately, there was no solid proof of this beyond his own memory of the previous crime scenes.· John Night Sky, you must visit a variety of colorful crime scenes, gathering evidence and interviewing suspects and witnesses.· After the incident, police allegedly allowed hospital officials to clean up the crime scene, destroying any evidence.· The Bruno Magli shoes linked to the crime scene are a particularly rare and pricey style.· Of how evidence was moved at the crime scene.· But sitting through nearly 111 minutes of bloody crime scenes, test-tube shots and gruesome autopsy scenes is just unpleasant and boring.· Investigators have said the crime scene outside Scuttons' computer store produced little usable evidence.· Petrocelli also produced 31 photos of Simpson wearing the same style Bruno Magli shoes that left bloody footprints at the crime scene.
· The best example of this is crime statistics.· They agree about the seriousness of the crime statistics and the importance of full disclosure.· Voice over At Thames Valley police headquarters today rising crime statistics were on the agenda of a meeting of the police authority.· The Anti-Defamation League has compiled hate crime statistics from law enforcement throughout the county and recorded 413 incidents from 1992-94.· It is normal, then, to expect a high representation of black youth in youthful crime statistics.· They say that crime statistics have fallen among nearly all age groups nationwide.· If Catholics figure disproportionately in the crime statistics, it is because Protestants are more law-abiding.· At that meeting on July 10, the board was stunned by an independent audit of four years of crime statistics.
· The 1989 Home Office report found that victims of burglary become more fearful of street crime as well.· Yet, viewing the Situation rationally, there are no old perpetrators of street crimes.· More police officers visibly going about their business is the most commonly advanced solution to street crime.· Citizens in inner-city areas are desperately worried and rightly so, about street crime.· Manchester police have an even simpler explanation for the current rise in street crime.· From there they go to Madrid and Barcelona, where they are already being blamed for an increase in street crime.· Apart from a few pickpockets in Rangoon, street crime does not exist.
· The outside world talks of a war crimes tribunal but nobody supposes that anything will come of that.· Today, that could land you in front of a war crimes tribunal.· External pressure for an independent, international war crimes tribunal has been rebuffed.· Milosevic has been indicted by the U.N. war crimes tribunal.· If it ever comes to a war crimes tribunal for him, our town can provide a few witnesses for the prosecution.
· At a ceremony at the Capitol to honor crime victims, Gov.· Officials were required to obtain such a statement under a federal program for crime victims.
· It was set up after a three-year campaign by an all-party war crimes group.· Milosevic has been indicted by the U.N. war crimes tribunal.· Others have spoken of war crimes and reparations.· The outside world talks of a war crimes tribunal but nobody supposes that anything will come of that.· The new democratic regime has carried out very few investigations into war crimes.· The conspiracy succeeded in frustrating the United Nations war crimes investigation.· He is also indicted for war crimes.
· Along with other rural areas, the villages have suffered a crime wave recently.· On Wednesday, he said he will help Maskhadov fight a postwar crime wave.· He believes the police are overstretched and moves are urgently needed to tackle Darlington's crime wave.· He was part of a crime wave that shot up a house, robbed some one and then killed some one else.· A supposed crime wave is sweeping the land.· The crime wave that spurred them has been falling steadily in times of greater economic prosperity.· He concludes that changes in genetic factors obviously can not explain the crime wave.· The election-year crime wave is starting in Congress.
· These predictions have yet to materialise, and youth crime rates have been on the decline for several years.· Anyone wishing to tackle crime rates must pay enormous attention to youth crime because of its sheer scale.· Painfully little has been done specifically to tackle car crime, which is a major aspect of youth crime.· There is a tidal wave of youth crime, and the Government have not begun to answer it.· They blame youth crime on unemployment and lack of respect for the law.· Voice over Joyriding is the youth crime of the 90s.· There is a national crisis of youth crime, but the Bill does not deal with its roots.
VERB
· But it should apply to the accused too until the crime is proved.· This is not about depriving people accused of crimes of their legitimate rights, including the presumption of innocence.· Two prisoners are accused of a crime.· Weeks later, on July 12, 1986, Hall and her then-husband, Peter, were accused of the crime.· Oh, nobody can accuse me of a crime.· The subjects of the investigation have not been accused of any crimes.· He had not been accused of a crime, yet Curtis Brown spent 10 of his last days in a jail cell.
· Military prosecutors have brought charges in only eight alleged crimes against Chechen civilians.· Ratko Mladic, are brought to justice for alleged war crimes.
· He is charged with 20 war crimes, including genocide and crimes against humanity.· President Lazaro Cardenas outlawed casinos during his 1934-1940 term in office, charging they promoted crime and vice.· Their goal is not money, but freedom for a client charged with a crime he did not commit.· The 17-year-old has not been charged with the crime.· On the other hand, every person charged with a crime is entitled to testify to his own intentions.· The farmers, in Buner, an area controlled by the government, were charged with the crime of growing opium.· She was not under arrest, nor charged with any crime.
· Breeders have established their own intelligence network in a bid to combat the crime.· Vasconcellos has long argued that to combat crime, the state should attack the root causes, such as low self-esteem.· Murders too were more frequent, and in order to combat the rising crime rate parliament introduced a psychological deterrent.· To combat crime effectively, the police need the full support of the Government and the public.· Tonight he starts his series of reports with a look at how to combat crime.· He supported the demand for private farmers to be allowed the use of firearms to combat rising crime against them.· The long-term strategy to combat knife crimes through schemes like Operation Blade is to achieve a change in the law.· The police are increasingly looking to technology - and to information technology in particular - to help them combat increasing crime.
· Women nevertheless do commit crimes and contribute to the tariff of most offence categories.· Vista Unified School District trustees became so concerned that they now expel students caught committing hate crimes.· Perpetrators of such crimes are legally permitted shorter prison terms than those who commit similar crimes for other reasons.· There is a general belief that police commit nearly as many crimes as they prevent or solve.· Those are the people who commit most car crime and who take away and drive away most motor vehicles.· Mesa was acquitted a year later of committing a crime on the two women.· Male speaker A lot of law-abiding youngsters may feel the way to get a holiday is to commit a crime.· We do not intend to commit any crimes.
· Table 3.1 below shows the ratio of females to males convicted for certain crimes and makes clear the male domination of criminality.· Years after the bombing, a former Klansman was convicted of the crime.· The nightmare of being wrongly accused and convicted of a crime certainly sends shivers down my spine.· Naturalization Service improperly permitted naturalization of immigrants convicted of serious crimes.· The state executes drug smugglers, murderers, rapists and those convicted of other violent crimes.· All but one had been convicted for violent crimes.· Eight or nine men are convicted of crimes for every single female.· He was convicted of 23 crimes and paroled in 1994.
· And pleas from his predecessor for 50 more officers to fight crime have so far gone unanswered by the Home Office.· The latest announcement was part of a series of programs the president has embraced since January to fight teen crime.· It's a return to the old way of the community helping to fight crime.· Neither are his ideas on fighting crime and courting voters.· And 51 percent rated it above fighting crime.· Male speaker It's important to discuss with the public how they can help the police to fight crime.· He said the plans form part of a nationwide battle Fox has launched to fight corruption and crime.
· Police work is only marginally involved in crime.· Of necessity, some become involved in organized crime to survive.· They are alleged to have dealt in drugs in the Milton Keynes and Aylesbury areas and were involved in car crime.· Several Chinatown leaders have denied the Hip Sing is involved in crime.· The feature-length pilot involved a number of crimes, strung like colourful washing on a line.· Traces of more than 37, 000 guns from those cities show that Ring of Fire guns were often involved in crime.· Most often they are involved in crimes against property - shop-lifting, burglary, vandalism.· The program, popular in many departments, involves working to stop crime at its roots.
· And war must be waged on organized crime.· No, the smugglers were mostly from organized crime cartels based in Bombay.· Of necessity, some become involved in organized crime to survive.· The old joke went: Q.. What do they call organized crime in Oklahoma?· The property claim signals prosecutors' intention to dismantle what they consider an organized crime syndicate.· And I was thinking it was organized crime.
· His immediate focus is on eliminating high-level corruption and reducing violent crime.· He noted that New York City had crime problems and that officials there successfully reduced crime without federal intervention.· A little religion is thought, furthermore, to be the way to reduce crime and promote a stable society.· A side benefit, according to the Dallas Police Force: reduced crime rates.· The exact relationship between these objectives and reducing crime will depend on the specification of the programme and on the individual participant.· Many people also stressed the need for increasing job opportunities and reducing crime in their neighborhoods.· If in his new post as security overseer he can reduce crime, well and good.· It is doubtful that such a new constitutional protection would do much to reduce crime.
· The recorded figures exaggerate the increase in victimization which is occurring, mainly because of a greater public propensity to report certain crimes.· Only one in 10 rape victims reports the crime to authorities, he noted.· It is hoped that this will make people feel safer and encourage them to report crimes.· The biggest criticism was leveled against transit administrators for not following law enforcement standards for reporting crime.· You should note that the penal codes of some nations impose time limits for the reporting of crime.· And statewide, only 215 of 750 law enforcement agencies reported any hate crimes.· So do not lose any more time in reporting this crime.· The reported incidence of this crime rose 28. 6 percent between 1974 and 1983, more than any other major offense.
· New Right philosophies, as applied in Britain, also exploited rising popular anxieties about crime and delinquency.· Kids Count also reports a 47 percent rise in juvenile violent crime arrests since 1985.
· Will Robin solve the fiendish crimes?· The two casts of characters, although ostensibly cooperating to solve a crime of mutual interest, detest each other.· The role of the press is rarely condemnatory of the police and usually supportive of the official efforts to solve crime.· Koch decides once again to solve the crime.· Besides, he reasoned, he might even get closer to solving the crime this way.· He made no headway, came not one step closer to solving the crime.· Sometimes they are keen to have media help in solving a crime, other times they are more reluctant.· He has vowed to solve the crime almost as often as he has vowed to resume the life he used to live.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • All are defined as crimes against humanity and carry a penalty of life imprisonment.
  • All four have been charged with crimes against humanity by the Hague International Tribunal.
  • He is charged with 20 war crimes, including genocide and crimes against humanity.
  • If the conference succeeds in labelling slave trafficking a crime against humanity, demands for compensation will surely follow.
  • Shouldn't they at least be discussed within the same context of international law and crimes against humanity?
  • That is a crime against humanity.
  • These are crimes against humanity, as has been said.
  • They also slavishly accepted the amnesty that Pinochet and his generals had granted themselves to avoid trial for their crimes against humanity.
► crime doesn’t pay
  • It's a crime to throw away all that food.
  • It's a crime you never took it up, darling.
  • You tell me that it's a crime to fall in love.
  • At the age of twelve, he entered into a life of crime.
  • I certainly never figured Tod/John for a life of crime.
  • I paid Fagin to trap Oliver into a life of crime.
  • Jock has chosen a life of crime within which to fashion a self.
  • They hadn't bothered tuppence before when he was following a life of crime.
  • There is no such thing as the perfect crime.
  • And was it really the crime of passion that Wilde eloquently records?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► crime-busting/union-busting/budget-busting etc► crime-buster/budget-buster/sanctions-buster etc
  • It is capital crime, and a black disgrace to the races of civilized mankind.
  • Loss of privileges in peacetime; in war, a capital offence.
  • New capital crimes would include the use of firearms; hostage-taking; torture; sale of drugs to minors and racketeering.
  • No government has ever made abortion a capital crime or executed either a pregnant woman or an abortionist for murder.
  • The word from Lilongwe now is that Chihana will be charged with sedition, a capital offence.
► catalogue of mistakes/crimes/cruelty etc
  • However, 44% of you feel that these reports should leave the gory details out and 39% feel they encourage copycat crimes.
  • What about fingerprints, copycat crimes and serial murders?
► the actor/issue/crime etc du jour
  • Imagine two criminals, partners in crime, who are arrested and placed in separate cells with no means of communication.
  • As the years had progressed a series of petty crimes had seen him in remand homes, borstals and finally prison.
  • He has convictions there for a number of theft and similar petty crime offences since leaving St Patrick's.
  • How do three-strikers endure the thought of spending life in prison for a relatively petty crime?
  • If the government no longer differentiates between petty crime and murder, why should they?
  • Johnson had two prior convictions for residential burglaries and a history of petty crimes.
  • Stretched to the limit ... police chief says petty crime is going unchecked.
  • There's petty crime and crime on a grand scale, well organised.
  • But white-collar crime seems to be the new image of the law profession.
  • Crimes which are committed by those in higher positions in the social stratification system are commonly referred to as white-collar crimes.
  • Edwin Sutherland's famous pioneering work in 1940 produced evidence that white-collar crime might be substantially underestimated in official criminal statistics.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnouncrimecriminalcriminologistcriminologyadjectivecriminalincriminatingverbincriminatecriminalize ≠ decriminalizeadverbcriminally
1[uncountable] illegal activities in general:  We moved here because there was very little crime. Police officers are being given new powers to help combat crime. a police crackdown on car crime a town with a relatively low crime rateGRAMMARDon’t use ‘the crime’ when talking about illegal activities in general. You say: · Crime has increased dramatically. ✗Don’t say: The crime has increased dramatically.Grammar guide ‒ NOUNS2[countable] an illegal action, which can be punished by law:  He insisted that he had not committed any crime. men who have been found guilty of violent crimescrime against Crimes against the elderly are becoming more common. Police are still busy hunting for clues at the scene of the crime (=where the crime happened).3a life of crime when someone spends their life stealing and committing crimes, in order to get money to live4the perfect crime a crime that no one knows has been committed, so no one can be punished for it5crime of passion a crime, especially murder, caused by sexual jealousy6 crime against humanity a crime of cruelty against large numbers of people, especially in a war7crime doesn’t pay used to say that crime does not give you any advantage, because you will be caught and punished – used when warning people not to get involved in crime8[singular] something that someone is blamed or criticized for doing – use this when you think someone is treated very unfairly → sin:  My only crime is that I fell in love with another girl. Johnson’s biggest crime was that he told the truth.9it’s a crime spoken said when you think something is very wrong, and someone should not do it:  It would be a crime to waste all that good food. → partners in crime at partner1(5), → white-collar(2)COLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1 & 2verbscommit (a) crime· Most crime is committed by young men.carry out a crime· The boy admitted that he’d carried out the crime.fight/combat/tackle crime· There are a number of ways in which the public can help the police to fight crime.beat crime· new measures to beat car crimeturn to crime (=start committing crimes)· Youngsters who are bored sometimes turn to crime.solve a crime· It took ten years for the police to solve the crime.report a crime· I immediately telephoned the police to report the crime.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + crime(a) serious crime· Kidnapping is a very serious crime.(a) violent crime· Figures show a 19% rise in violent crime.a terrible/horrific crime (also a dreadful crime British English)· What made him commit such a terrible crime?petty crime (=crime that is not very serious)· Immigrants were blamed for the increase in petty crime.juvenile/youth crime (=committed by children and teenagers)· Police blame gangs for a third of all juvenile crime in the city.an alleged crime (=not proved to have happened)· No evidence of the alleged crime was presented.organized crime (=committed by large organizations of criminals)· the growing threats of terrorism and organized crimecar crime British English (=stealing cars)· the battle against car crimestreet crime (=crimes such as robbery committed on the streets)· There will be new measures to tackle street crime.corporate crime (=involving businesses)· Those responsible for corporate crime often escape punishment.property crime (=stealing from or damaging property)· theft and other property crimecomputer crime (=committed using computers)· It is usually companies that are the victims of computer crime.war crimes (=serious crimes committed during a war)a sex crime (=in which someone is sexually attacked)a hate crime (=committed against someone because of their race, religion etc)a capital crime American English (=a crime such as murder, for which the criminal can be killed)phrasesa victim of crime· Victims of crime do not always report the offence.a crackdown on crime (=strong action to fight crime)· The government has promised a crackdown on crime.the scene of the crime (also the crime scene) (=the place where a crime has happened)· Detectives were already at the scene of the crime.be tough on crime (=punish crime severely)· Politicians want to appear tough on crime.be soft on crime (=not punish crime severely enough)· He accused the government of being soft on crime.crime + NOUNa crime wave (=a sudden increase in crime in an area)· Larger cities have been the worst hit by the crime wave.a crime spree (=when one person commits a lot of crimes in a short time)· He was arrested after a two-day crime spree.crime prevention· The police can give you advice on crime prevention.the crime rate· The crime rate has gone up.crime figures/statistics· The new crime figures are not good.a crime syndicate American English (=an organization of criminals)· Women found themselves trapped by crime syndicates into prostitution.a crime writer (=someone who writes stories about crimes, especially murder)COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘do a crime’. Say commit a crime or carry out a crime.THESAURUSillegal actionscrime noun [countable, uncountable] an illegal action or activity, or these actions in general: · The police need the public’s help to solve crimes.· Crime is on the increase.· It was a horrific crime.offence British English, offense American English noun [countable] a crime, especially one that has a particular description and name in law: · It is an offence to drive while using a mobile phone.· a minor offence (=one that is not serious)· a serious offence· a parking offencemisdemeanor noun [countable] American English law a crime that is not very serious: · They pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and were fined.felony noun [countable, uncountable] especially American English law a serious crime: · Fewer than 25 percent of the people arrested on felony charges are convicted.· He committed a series of violent felonies.crimes of stealingrobbery noun [countable, uncountable] the crime of stealing from a bank, shop etc: · Over £100,000 was stolen in the robbery.· The gang carried out a string of daring robberies.burglary noun [countable, uncountable] the crime of breaking into someone’s home in order to steal things: · There have been several burglaries in our area.theft noun [countable, uncountable] the crime of stealing something: · Car theft is a big problem.· thefts of credit cardsshoplifting noun [uncountable] the crime of taking things from shops without paying for them: · They get money for drugs from shoplifting.fraud noun [countable, uncountable] the crime of getting money from people by tricking them: · He’s been charged with tax fraud.· credit card fraudlarceny noun [uncountable] especially American English law the crime of stealing something: · He was found guilty of larceny.phishing noun [uncountable] the activity of tricking people into giving their personal details, bank numbers etc on the Internet, in order to steal money from them: · One in four computer users reports that they have been hit by phishing attempts.violent crimesassault noun [countable, uncountable] the crime of physically attacking someone: · He was arrested for an assault on a policeman.mugging noun [countable, uncountable] the crime of attacking and robbing someone in a public place: · Muggings usually happen at night.murder noun [countable, uncountable] the crime of deliberately killing someone: · He is accused of the murder of five women.homicide noun [countable, uncountable] especially American English law murder: · Homicide rates are rising fastest amongst teenagers.rape noun [countable, uncountable] the crime of forcing someone to have sex: · In most cases of rape, the victim knows her attacker.crimes against propertyarson noun [uncountable] the crime of deliberately setting fire to a building: · The school was completely destroyed in an arson attack.vandalism noun [uncountable] the crime of deliberately damaging things, especially public property: · He often got into fights and committed acts of vandalism.
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