i Register
In some senses, crimes is marked as obsolete, colloquial, euphemistic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
all, increasing, juvenile, last, many
The police department is investigating a series of increasing crimes in the downtown area.
VERB + CRIMES
answer, chain, commit, committed, confess, denounced, drug-related, estimate
He committed serious crimes against humanity during the war.
CRIMES + NOUN
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The detective investigated several crimes against children in the neighborhood last year.
PREP.
from, in, on
She reported the crimes to the police after witnessing them in her neighborhood.
ADV.
recently, sometimes
He has sometimes committed crimes that went undetected for years.