Betydningen av crime på engelsk

crime

noun

/kraɪm/ us

/kraɪm/

crime noun (ACTIVITY)

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B1 [ U ]

illegal activities:

She promised to fight crime and reform government.

violent crime The rate of violent crime fell last month.

serious crime The government plans to put more officers on the streets to tackle serious crime.

The priority of community policing is to prevent crime.

crime prevention Nearly £2 million of the city budget was set aside for crime prevention.

He believes that religion saved him from a life of crime.

Se også

crime scene
crime rate
crime wave
cybercrime
gun crime
knife crime
organized crime
petty crime
white-collar crime

B1 [ C ]

an illegal act:

commit a crime He has admitted committing several crimes, including fraud.

be accused of a crime The defendant is accused of a range of crimes, from theft to murder.

be charged with a crime He has not been charged with any crime and has denied wrongdoing.

alleged crime He should not be allowed to question the victims of his alleged crimes.

the scene of the crime A knife was found at the scene of the crime.

Se også

crime against humanity
crime of passion
hate crime
war crime

[ S ]

an unacceptable or very unreasonable act or situation:

To have hundreds of homeless people sleeping in the streets of a rich city like London is a crime.

it is a crime It would be a crime (= very wrong) to spend such a beautiful day indoors.

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Something must be done to reduce the level of crime in the area.
In Britain, half of all violent crime is perpetrated by people who have been drinking alcohol.
Someone of your description was seen in the area on the night of the crime.
The jury has to decide whether a person is guilty or innocent of a crime.
There are few crimes more truly shocking than the murder or abuse of children.

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Crime - general words

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Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences

crime noun (BOOKS, ETC.)

[ U ]

books, films, and TV shows about crimes being committed and investigated (= examined to find the truth about them):

I read all kinds of books, but crime is my favourite genre.

crime novel She publishes her crime novels under a pseudonym.

crime writer Today we meet one of America's best-selling crime writers.

crime novelist I think he's the best crime novelist on the planet.

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crime fiction

true crime

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He made films in such varied genres as war dramas, crime, Westerns, and comedy.
Agatha Christie is sometimes known as "the Queen of Crime

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Books: kinds of books

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Cinema ratings & types of film

Idiom

crime doesn't pay

(Definisjon av crime fra Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

crime | Amerikansk ordbok

crime

noun [ C/U ]

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an action or activity that is against the law, or illegal activity generally:

[ U ] Violent crime has been reduced.

[ C ] It’s a crime to yell "fire" in a crowded theater if there isn’t one.

[ C ] If you commit a crime, you will be punished.

People say something is a crime if it is wrong:

[ C usually sing ] It’s a crime that people go to bed hungry in this country.

(Definisjon av crime fra Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

crime | Forretningsengelsk

crime

noun

LAW

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[ U ]

illegal activities:

The area was plagued with failing schools, rising crime and poor healthcare.

Unemployment is associated with a rising crime rate.

crime prevention

petty/serious crime

The judicial system has been too soft on corruption and white-collar crime.

The number of cases of computer crime has continued to increase.

The new database will help in the fight against identity fraud and organized crime.

combat/tackle crime Most local stores were involved in the initiative to tackle retail crime.

[ C ]

an illegal act:

commit a crime The former chief executive had committed a crime and was brought to justice.

be accused of/charged with/convicted of a crime The defendant is accused of a range of crimes, from fraud to embezzlement of company funds.

(Definisjon av crime fra Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Eksempler på crime

crime

The rate of crime has reduced to zero level now.

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The restriction of fingerprint collection to people already suspected of a crime reinforced the tendency to rely upon punishment rather than effective state investigation.

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In other words, in refusing to attribute any role to crime, these studies are forced into the same zero-sum framework they attempt to challenge.

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One problem with his conclusions derives from his use of the surviving records of convictions for indictable offences as a proxy for all crime.

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Likewise, what was regarded as crime and what we would today label as tort was often equally unclear.

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The poverty, disease, and crime in the new urban slums were seen as resulting from the genetic inferiority of the inhabitants.

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The book, however, ranges beyond an economic history of the hamlet, to examine poverty, crime and punishment, as well as education, religion, leisure and politics.

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The economics of having these inmates 'serve all' may outweigh the demands of justice and the public policy concerns related to crime prevention.

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So, like its antecedent in civil rights debates, crime was linked to civil rights.

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Categorizing crime is always a difficult task, but violent crimes are usually separated from those related to property or disorder.

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Crime statistics show that this is the most dangerous age.

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The crime attracted interest and scandal and by the second half of the eighteenth century had established a strong hold over the public imagination.

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The remaining nine talk about crime (some of our elderly have become victims of crime).

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For its part, the defense may (but is not obliged to) present an alternative theory of the events associated with the crime.

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In addition, it developed the principles of progressive fines and punishments, and a hesitant distinction between violent and non-violent crimes.

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Ordforbindelser med crime

crime

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alleged crime

The former consist only of the names of prosecutors and defendants in criminal cases, along with the alleged crime and the verdict of the grand jury.

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brutal crime

There is no doubt that we are faced with a particularly hideous and brutal crime.

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Hansard archive

Eksempel fra Hansard-arkivet. Inneholder parlamentarisk informasjon lisensiert under Open Parliament Licence versjon 3.0

crime drama

The story is a crime drama.

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Wikipedia

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Betydningen av crime på engelsk

crime noun (ACTIVITY)

crime noun (BOOKS, ETC.)

Idiom

crime | Amerikansk ordbok

crime | Forretningsengelsk

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