commit crime

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Assistant Chief Constable Glen Pavelin said that while most protesters had participated safely, "the right to protest does not include a right to commit crime".

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

Their ability to produce realistic text, images, audio and video has prompted concern about their capacity to steal jobs, influence elections and commit crime.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2024

“It just extends the power of police — not just over people who commit crime, but over everyone,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2023

Prigozhin said just 0.31% of those pardoned after Wagner service had gone on to commit crime, a figure he said was 10-20 times less than the standard indicators.

From Reuters • Mar. 25, 2023

We arrived out, after a short passage; and here I was exposed to as strong a temptation to commit crime, as a poor fellow need encounter.

From Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast by Cooper, James Fenimore