| 单词 | crime |
| 释义 | crime (kraɪm ) Word forms: crimes 1. variable noun B1 A crime is an illegal action or activity for which a person can be punished by law. He and Lieutenant Cassidy were checking the scene of the crime. Mr Steele has committed no crime and poses no danger to the public. Endangering their lives will be regarded as a crime against humanity. ...the growing problem of organised crime. We need a positive programme of crime prevention. Synonyms: offence, job [informal], wrong, fault 2. countable noun [usually singular] If you say that doing something is a crime, you think it is very wrong or a serious mistake. [disapproval] A language is a finely tuned instrument which it is a crime to damage. It would be a crime to travel all the way to Australia and not stop in Sydney. Collocations: alleged crimes There have been many alleged copycat crimes linked to that film. The Sun (2012) He refuses to allow an independent investigation into alleged war crimes, or account for about 100,000 people who disappeared during the war. Times, Sunday Times (2013) These are the alleged crimes that might now send him to death row. Times, Sunday Times (2013) We would like to say that we do not know why he committed these horrific crimes. The Sun (2010) They have committed horrendous crimes. The Sun (2010) Police could check if a person had committed a crime before they entered Britain. The Sun (2006) Consider it less of a period crime drama, then, and more of a deep dive into another world. Times, Sunday Times (2018) Who doesn't love a period crime drama? The Sun (2016) The intensity and suspense that has been missing from the 1950s crime drama arrives at last in its final part. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Vera the crime drama certainly has its faults. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The Swedish crime drama begins tonight with one of those sinister scenes in some woods. Times, Sunday Times (2015) In just about every developed territory, crime fiction of one subgenre or another is in the ascendant. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Yet he has become one of crime fiction's most admired and liked characters. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Published in 1981, it is rightly lauded as one of the most significant works of modern crime fiction. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The fashion industry is full of outsize egos and rivalries, yet it doesn't often feature in crime fiction. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Superior crime fiction set in Iceland is continuing to expand. Times, Sunday Times (2012) This prank may end in a crime investigation. The Sun Detectives at the regional gendarmerie's crime investigation cell said the theft appeared to have been carried out by a professional gang. Times, Sunday Times A police major crime investigation team and serious collision investigation unit are looking into the circumstances of the crash. Times, Sunday Times Unlike district police, they are not permitted to undertake crime investigation work. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Crime investigation: physical evidence and the police laboratory. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If any attempts were made to breach security, cyber crime investigators could use computer forensics to trace the attack back to the source. Times, Sunday Times But it was not only war crimes investigators who were interested in him. Times, Sunday Times Its war crime investigators have opened an investigation. Times, Sunday Times He provided crime investigators with documents which, he alleged, showed that several offences had been committed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There's a high threat of kidnap, terrorism and sectarian violence, while street crime is rife . The Sun (2015) There is a problem with gangs and crime is rife . The Sun (2016) Tourism officials say that while crime is rife in some areas, visitors are seldom affected. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Not as in crime lab, but as in finding the formula for ratings success. Times, Sunday Times Kane used this clipping as a guide, adding a study, crime lab, workshop, hangar and garage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He works patrol training rookie officers, but later (season 8, episode 4) voluntarily gives up his promotion and returns to the crime lab. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These include dispatchers, crime lab technicians, chaplains and unarmed auxiliary police officers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Instead of obtaining the blood sample, or making an arrest, the detective filed the crime lab note and closed the case for four years. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Is it a literary or a crime novel? Times, Sunday Times Frustratingly, everyone else thought it was a crime novel. Times, Sunday Times If they do it's because they mix the supernatural with the crime novel in a way some purists still don't like. The Sun I found him sitting motionless on the sofa, a crime novel hanging limply from his hand. Times, Sunday Times The characters in this unconventional crime novel tell the story in their own words, leading to a sly and unexpected denouement. Times, Sunday Times Society can also benefit because a system that encourages the co-operation of defendants helps to build insight into, and understanding of, how a crime occurs. Times, Sunday Times We decided to carol at a time when virtually no crime occurs in that part of the city-early evening. Christianity Today These maps present the public with direct information of where crime occurs and what type of crime occurred. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When people feel safe in their neighborhood they are more likely to interact with one another and intervene when crime occurs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Negligent hiring lawsuits against employers are now commonplace whenever workplace violence or other work-related crime occurs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With its seven oaks and low crime rate? Times, Sunday Times Today we can keep a lid on the crime rate only by keeping twice as many criminals in jail. Times, Sunday Times Nobody was hurt but the fires have shocked a community whose crime rate has been dominated until now by cases of exhibitionism. Times, Sunday Times Is it just coincidental that we have one of the highest unemployment rates in the world, suggesting high poverty levels and the highest crime rate? ST Police blame any rise in the crime rate on foreigners. Times, Sunday Times To be totally convincing, the crime reduction measures need to be effective across all crime categories. Times, Sunday Times It has always felt odd to go from debating crime reduction to discussing plans to generate income for our company. Times, Sunday Times The way in which police were perceived locally was also found to be important if crime reduction programmes were to be successful. Times, Sunday Times However, the force also needed to improve its performance in crime reduction, detection rates and customer satisfaction, which was deteriorating. Times, Sunday Times Cops have been entering homes through open windows or unlocked doors as part of a new crime reduction scheme. The Sun He did not say where the war crimes suspect had been hiding but dismissed initial reports that he was arrested at the monastery. Times, Sunday Times Crime suspects should be given updates once a month on their cases amid concerns that thousands are being left in legal limbo. Times, Sunday Times It also makes clear that crime analysts would use the data to identify unknown vehicles travelling regularly with a known suspect vehicle, enabling them to identify crime suspects. Times, Sunday Times They were indeed the foundation of a crime syndicate. Smithsonian Mag Panorama tells the inside story of how an organised crime syndicate arranged a hit on three police officers. Times, Sunday Times Living in poverty - or masterminding a global crime syndicate? Times, Sunday Times An international crime syndicate brings in a hypnotist to help an amnesiac art dealer remember where he hid a painting stolen from his auction house. The Sun The investigation said that the despot 'ran the country like an organised crime syndicate'. Times, Sunday Times The organised crime unit later took over the case. SA Star He said that police had promised to address the issue as part of an expanded rural crime unit. Times, Sunday Times He said that detectives from the economic crime unit were ready to take on the case. Times, Sunday Times The crime unit advised shoppers to use secure online payment systems and keep security software up to date. Times, Sunday Times During his time there he was head of the southeast organised crime unit and counterterrorism unit, which made several key arrests in the region. Times, Sunday Times Yet those mentally ill crime victims were 'significantly' more likely to report they had been unfairly dealt with by police compared to the general population. The Sun The decisions resulted from revelations that journalists listened to the voicemails of public figures and even crime victims. Times, Sunday Times Have the politicians considered that more elderly and vulnerable people could become crime victims? The Sun The online bullies pick on innocent and vulnerable people, including crime victims and their grieving families. The Sun He found that hate crime survivors had significantly higher levels of depression, anxiety, and stress, compared to the other crime victims. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Mounted officers are often seen in busy urban areas, designed as high-visibility patrols to deter crime. Times, Sunday Times Bad things can be justified by their good effects, for example by their propensity to deter crime, to reform criminals and so forth. The Times Literary Supplement The petitioners demanded that the lights be turned back on 'to deter crime and make residents feel safer'. Times, Sunday Times These powers would deter crime (because people will not want their samples taken) but will be beneficial to suspects detained for less time by the police. Times, Sunday Times It was seen as a cheaper way to deter crime compared to increasing the size of the police departments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Other countries have seen a drop in crime without banning their citizens from drinking. Times,Sunday Times Yet it was during that first term that the largest drop in crime took place. Times, Sunday Times Criminologists struggle to explain the continuing drop in crime when a key theory suggests that property offending would increase in a recession. Times, Sunday Times It was also claimed that the switch led to a drop in crime and raised property values by acting as a more stimulating environment for the local community. Times, Sunday Times In 2008 alone, there was a 17.9% drop in crime. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Bank robbery was not yet a federal crime, so police officers were powerless to pursue robbers across state lines. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Sneak and peek warrants are applicable to any federal crime, including misdemeanors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Moreover, product tampering was made a federal crime. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some felt that the act of perjury, a federal crime, rose to that level. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This was the first conviction since the amendments were passed classifying misappropriation of these funds as a federal crime. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Until then cops will be fighting crime with one arm tied behind their back. The Sun (2006) Police must be free to fight crime without political meddling, the country 's most senior officer said yesterday. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Millionaire playboy who invents gadgets to help him fight crime. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Frank stews and then arms himself with a monkey wrench and takes to the streets to fight crime. Times, Sunday Times (2015) I remember hanging being lawful and sentences appeared to fit the crime. The Sun With that one, tiny slip, his chance had gone and it was hard not to conclude that the penalty did not fit the crime. Times, Sunday Times We need tougher sentences to better fit the crime. The Sun I still maintain the sentences did not fit the crime. The Sun What could be better than giving criminals sentences that actually fit the crime? The Sun And what was his punishment for this heinous crime? Times, Sunday Times (2012) They were guilty of the most heinous crimes and they are dead. Times, Sunday Times (2015) This heinous crime has left them all distraught. The Sun (2012) Since then, attendance has fallen off to one-third its peak level, with a corresponding increase in crime and disorder. Christianity Today Field blamed the increase in crime on the collapse of good parenting. Times, Sunday Times Others argue the opposite: legalisation has contributed to births outside marriage and single parenthood, which in turn contributes to an increase in crime rates. Times, Sunday Times There are to be cuts in police numbers, meaning an increase in crime. The Sun Won't that lead to an increase in crime? The Sun The aim was not to investigate a crime but to make it look as if the authorities were doing something. Times, Sunday Times They investigate a crime that seems to involve a former crook turned celeb. The Sun But then they must go on to investigate the crime. Times,Sunday Times They chased a van carrying two plainclothes officers sent to investigate the crime. The Sun Why would she ask the authorities to investigate a crime if she knew it hadn't happened, with all the legal risks that might entail? Times, Sunday Times However, by not interviewing under-16s the survey misses the extent of juvenile crime. Times, Sunday Times If every nine-year-old were given a tour of a maximum-security prison, juvenile crime would disappear. Times, Sunday Times His extensive testimony restated arguments from his book and pointed to comics as a major cause of juvenile crime. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Statistics that are mentioned below explain the peak hours of juvenile crime rates and conceptualize this very cause. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The juvenile crime rates did drop dramatically between 1994 and 1997 for these areas. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yesterday he was cleared of the charge and convicted of the lesser crime of wanton and furious driving. Times, Sunday Times On his return he was charged with a lesser crime of public disturbance and was fined 500 pounds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The requirement of an unlawful act also means that no lawful defence must be available to the defendant in respect of the lesser crime. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The defenders of the new law however, argue that without clear designation, this will still be considered somewhat of a lesser crime. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Critics of the ruling said it could pave the way for thousands of people convicted of lesser crimes to challenge the ban in court. The Sun They did it by concentrating on minor crime. The Sun He wasn't involved in minor crime — this was big stuff. The Sun The survey shows that an extraordinary 62 per cent of robbed property owners did not bother to report a 'minor crime' in their homes. Times, Sunday Times There needs to be a deterrent, starting with that minor crime they think they'll get away with. The Sun If you leave minor crime unchecked, then things will deteriorate into something much worse. The Sun From here, the film's writers might have gone on to perpetrate a crime of their own: spoiling a funny movie with schmaltz. Times, Sunday Times Then the grieving relatives are interviewed under threat of arrest, pressed to determine whether they have perpetrated a crime. Times, Sunday Times He insisted that he was merely a guard who neither saw nor perpetrated any crimes and knew nothing of the function of the camps. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He had not been acting in selfdefence or in order to prevent a crime or damage to his property. Times, Sunday Times However, you don't have to tell people you're tracking them if you're legitimately trying to detect or prevent a crime. Times, Sunday Times Police will be told to take into account whether people are 'acting in good faith' to prevent a crime. The Sun But the judge said landlords must prevent all crime, including breaking the cig ban. The Sun Two other neighbouring villages were included to prevent the crime circle simply moving to other areas. Times, Sunday Times Look at the section of the crime speech that dealt with property crime. Times, Sunday Times They’re for property crime and the defense of property, and that’s true up to the end of that century. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Property crime was much lower in the 1930s than in the 1960s. Times, Sunday Times Weak sentences by judges are a major reason for the property crime epidemic, the report says. The Sun In so doing, she committed the great property crime in a falling market: she bought before she'd sold her own house. Times, Sunday Times In rare circumstances a special prosecutor may be appointed to prosecute a crime on a case by case basis. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The 37m figure was made up mainly of costs associated with investigating and prosecuting their crimes. Times, Sunday Times The latest figures also expose the time and cost to the taxpayer of prosecuting the crime. Times, Sunday Times This military view of civilian targets has effects on the equity of applied legal principles on which the prosecution of crimes against humanity are based. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The government re-opened prosecution of crimes against humanity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This has provided both closure for some families as they locate loved ones, and potential evidence for future government prosecution of crimes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They assist crime victims, witnesses and others during the investigation and prosecution of crimes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I always feel uncomfortable, however, with a sentence designed purely to make an example of a person, rather than to punish a crime. Times, Sunday Times But also to punish any crime. Times, Sunday Times The sentence was defined as being given in order to punish the crime, not the person committing it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There was no evidence of cynicism, even though many expressed a fear of rampant crime in the country. ST But the rampant crime and ongoing fighting make it hard for them to look too far ahead. Globe and Mail A rampant crime wave in the cities prompts the deployment of more security forces, leaving the hinterlands with little or no law and order. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Civil war, foreign raiders and rampant crime of that period forced the landlords to fortify their town and country estates. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It wasn't long before the corporate climate disintegrated into rampant crime with heated battles over shares in this profitable new event. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But officers were suspicious as they waited days to report the crime. The Sun To complicate things, you must be present in the country to report the crime. Times,Sunday Times Here, you can discreetly report a crime or other incident on public transport, not just cyber-flashing. The Sun I would like to report a crime. Times, Sunday Times I am sick of hearing about members of the public who report a crime only to come away feeling like they are the ones who have done wrong. The Sun Only 5 per cent of reported crime results in convictions. Times, Sunday Times But furious rank and file bobbies see it as a bid to reduce levels of reported crime by downgrading offences. The Sun For one thing, an increase in reported crime may not reflect actual trends. Times, Sunday Times In 79 per cent of cases, the reported crime went undetected. Times, Sunday Times If the courts were empty because actual and not just reported crime were falling to the same extent, then we would all be delighted. Times, Sunday Times He said that he was worried about rising crime as frustrated tourists scoured the city for a fix once the general ban came into force. Times, Sunday Times He believes that the vast amount of video footage taken by members of the public armed with smartphones has contributed to rising crime levels. Times, Sunday Times The findings fuelled a heated debate over responsibility for the rising crime rate, with burglaries in towns and cities up by 6.4 per cent last year compared with 2012. Times, Sunday Times The new commissioner will take over a force beset with swingeing budget cuts, low morale and rising crime. Times, Sunday Times That may be so, but government has to deal with the twin realities of rising crime and finite resources. Times, Sunday Times It is the best way of deterring serious crime. The Sun (2009) The award citation noted that he is'at the very top of the list for serious crime '. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The extremists are in prison because they have committed a serious crime and are considered a danger. The Sun (2015) But after Coalition bargaining, the powers will be limited to just high counterterrorism operations and very serious crime. The Sun (2014) In my experience, people nowadays only receive a custodial sentence if they have committed a serious crime and have a poor record of reoffending. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Clues are woven through the trip, and there's plenty at stake — solve the crime and you could win a world cruise for two. Times, Sunday Times It was obvious that the police were feeling pressure to solve the crime. Times, Sunday Times That violates the convention that the reader, like the detective, must have all the clues required to solve the crime. Times, Sunday Times And we don't mean solve the crime, clearly... The Sun Unfortunately for him, the management soon have him marked as a card counter - will he be turfed out before he can solve the crime? The Sun Now the rural idyll has been shattered by its own unsolved crime. Times, Sunday Times The central character usually explores the unsolved crime, unmasks the perpetrator, and puts an end to the effects of the villainy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Additionally, the database allows police to match profiles from two or more unsolved crime scenes, linking seemingly unrelated police investigations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The fatherdaughter team write true-crime novels in which they expose an injustice or sleuth out the answer to an unsolved crime from the distant past. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some of the sharpest rises in unsolved crimes were in areas where police have complained cuts are too great. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 犯罪 Japanese: 犯罪 |
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