crime

Example Sentences

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“Organized crime is going to cash in on the World Cup offering all kinds of things,” said Eduardo Guerrero, a Mexico City-based security analyst.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

“You’re bleeding all over my counter,” one gripes when Miao races to a police station to report the crime.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

These models can do things from a fraud and crime perspective that is fundamentally different from anything in the past.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

In a 2023 interview with Steve Bannon, Trump became so enraptured talking about the musical that he wouldn’t stop, even as Bannon tried to get him to focus on crime in New York City.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Whether it was Cuba, Russia, or the United States, whether about the nature of crime, money, or bureaucracies—or human nature in general, including how many people really belonged in prison—their views rarely matched.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French