crime

Example Sentences

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The stars of legendary American crime drama "Charlie's Angels" reunited Monday at Los Angeles' PaleyFest to celebrate 50 years since the show catapulted the trio to fame.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

“We don’t have photographs, site plans, measurements, the recovery of projectiles, blood spatter analysis, all of those things we would normally get at a crime scene.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

It added: "We have campaigned for some time for more to be done to protect shop workers from offenders, including retail crime being made into a specific stand alone offence."

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

In order to open a full field investigation into a target, an agent would then need to establish an “articulable factual basis” for belief that a federal crime may be occurring.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Even though I didn’t understand what the words meant, reading the message made me feel as if I had committed a crime.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler