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crime

[krahym] / kraɪm /


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That wouldn’t be a crime, even if he did so to make the senator’s re-election less likely.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

I think raw data without analysis should be a crime … OK, in this world where people make crimes out of everything, I’m not sure that’s the right thing to say.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

One senior officer said people were "fed up" of e-bikes "blighting" areas across the UK, while an expert said they could "grease the wheels" of organised crime.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Her neighbor, known as "The Pole" Rodriguez, says faith pulled him out of a life of crime, although he doesn't see the need to attend church regularly.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

Eduardo de Valfierno was rich beyond measure, and he’d pulled off the greatest crime of the century—a work of genius, a work worthy of the Mona Lisa itself.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

I think raw data without analysis should be a crime … OK, in this world where people make crimes out of everything, I’m not sure that’s the right thing to say.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

America's lead federal agency for investigating financial crimes added that it would "identify the cyber criminals responsible and bring them to justice", while Binance also said it was working with the FBI.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

The readers, which are typically mounted on patrol vehicles or light poles, work by continuously scanning license plates and checking them against vast databases of cars wanted in connection with crimes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

The department filed a long court brief defending its tactics, saying a law defining the statute of limitations for most felony crimes allows prosecutors to initiate a case by criminal information.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Or maybe Gladys at sixty-two has finally been done for crimes against fashion.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler


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