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crime doesn't pay crime doesn't payUltimately, crime does not benefit the criminal, and only results in negative consequences. The billboards are designed as reminders that even minor fraud convictions carry serious consequences—crime doesn't pay.See also: crime, payCrime doesn't pay.Prov. Crime will ultimately not benefit a person. No matter how tempting it may appear, crime doesn't pay.See also: crime, paycrime does not payLawbreakers do not benefit from their actions. For example, Steve didn't think it mattered that he stole a candy bar, but he's learned the hard way that crime does not pay . This maxim, originating as a slogan of the F.B.I. and given wide currency by the cartoon character Dick Tracy, was first recorded in 1927. There have been numerous jocular plays on it, as in Woody Allen's screenplay for Take the Money and Run (1969): "I think crime pays. The hours are good, you travel a lot." See also: crime, does, not, pay |