| 单词 | crime fighting |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrime fighting crime fighting adj. and n. originally U.S. (a) adj. that reduces, prevents, or investigates crime; (b) n. the action of working to reduce the incidence of crime; policing or legal work. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > [noun] > crime-prevention crime prevention1846 crime fighting1906 1906 Chicago Tribune 18 Aug. 3/5 (headline) Crime fighting minister joins chase of hoodlums. 1921 Englewood (Illinois) Economist 9 Mar. 4/7 Co-operation of experts in crime fighting in all parts of the country have been sought by the committee. 2002 K. Starr Embattled Dreams ix. 250 He made his political reputation as a hard-charging, showboating, crime-fighting prosecutor. 2005 F. Wang Organizing through Div. & Exclusion i. 29 Targeted segments of the population to be specially and focally monitored and controlled by the hukou police for the purpose of social control and crime fighting. < as lemmas |
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