| 单词 | deter crime |
| 释义 | deter crime 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 |
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