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crimewave in British English (ˈkraɪmˌweɪv) nouna period of increased criminal activity Examples of 'crimewave' in a sentencecrimewave We could be in for a crimewave, and when that happens the public will scream for draconian measures, you mark my words.It is a terrifying new twist in the capital's moped crimewave.Cops battling to stem the crimewave have imposed a 1am to 5am curfew.The hot weather also triggered a crimewave.However, vanishingly few are ever convicted and neither banks nor regulators have achieved much against this crimewave.A recession crimewave has so far failed to materialise, with substantial falls in vandalism, theft, burglary and vehicle crime. |