crimes

UK /kɹaɪmz/ US /kɹaɪmz/

intj 1

Definitions

intj

Christ; crikey.

'Oh crimes,' muttered Kate, clutching her mother's arm as Captain went up St Martin's Lane and turned into Castle Street, 'He's goin' into Seven Dials.'

Collocations

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

', kate

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.

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Example Bank

'Oh crimes,' muttered Kate, clutching her mother's arm as Captain went up St Martin's Lane and turned into Castle Street, 'He's goin' into Seven Dials.'

Wiktionary

The chain of crimes are thought to have been committed by the same man.

Tatoeba · #27176

The argument presented in Doyle's study was first published as a white paper on drug-related crimes.

Tatoeba · #38950

Laws to prevent computer crimes were enacted in the USA.

Tatoeba · #67605

The torture made him confess to crimes he had not committed.

Tatoeba · #241342

The juvenile crimes are increasing recently.

Tatoeba · #268071

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, crimes is marked as obsolete, colloquial, euphemistic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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