crime wavenoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈkraɪm ˌweɪv/us/ˈkraɪm ˌweɪv/a sudden increase in the number of crimes
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Crime - general words
- carrying-on
- complicit
- complicity
- copycat
- crime
- drink-driving
- DWI
- foul play
- inside job
- juvenile delinquent
- loitering
- misdeed
- netherworld
- offense
- speeding
- trespass
- vagrant
- victimless
- war crime
- wrongdoing
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Examples from literature
- Yet there are people who still maintain that the crime wave is on the wane.