commit crime

Example Sentences

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“Immigrants do not commit crime at a higher rate than the native born, and immigration to an area does not cause crime rates to rise,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2025

Their ability to produce realistic text, images, audio and video has prompted concern about their capacity to steal jobs, influence elections and commit crime.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2024

Studies by prison reform advocates and academics have shown that visitation and phone calls with loved ones decrease the likelihood that a person will commit crime again.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2023

"Our priority will always be to protect the vulnerable and detect those who commit crime and bring them before the courts."

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2022

We arrived out, after a short passage; and here I was exposed to as strong a temptation to commit crime, as a poor fellow need encounter.

From Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast by Cooper, James Fenimore