: opposing or intended to discourage or prevent crime and especially violent crime
anti-crime legislation
an anti-crime campaign
Examples of anti-crime in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The church is also pressing for a change in the anti-crime strategy pursued by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
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Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
Online comments about retail theft tend to break down as either anti-crime or anti-capitalist.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
In response, officials introduced several anti-crime initiatives in the subway, including adding more police officers and increasing overtime pay for them, and began removing severely mentally ill homeless people from the system.
—Hurubie Meko, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
Some could argue that this is due to other anti-crime initiatives.
—Elinor Simek, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
Using bumper stickers, billboards and advertisements on public buses, Orange County prosecutors have launched an anti-crime campaign aimed at deterring people from committing theft there.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Public buses in Los Angeles, Long Beach, Norwalk and Glendale also will be draped with the anti-crime slogan.
—Tony Saavedra, Orange County Register, 12 Mar. 2024
At the time of his escape, the station’s commander was in a meeting with the anti-crime unit in her office, police said.
—Larry Madowo, CNN, 8 Feb. 2024
What about the increasing network of anti-crime cameras that monitor public parks, streets, and the like?
—Stephen L. Carter, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
Online comments about retail theft tend to break down as either anti-crime or anti-capitalist.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
In response, officials introduced several anti-crime initiatives in the subway, including adding more police officers and increasing overtime pay for them, and began removing severely mentally ill homeless people from the system.
—Hurubie Meko, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
Some could argue that this is due to other anti-crime initiatives.
—Elinor Simek, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
Using bumper stickers, billboards and advertisements on public buses, Orange County prosecutors have launched an anti-crime campaign aimed at deterring people from committing theft there.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Public buses in Los Angeles, Long Beach, Norwalk and Glendale also will be draped with the anti-crime slogan.
—Tony Saavedra, Orange County Register, 12 Mar. 2024
At the time of his escape, the station’s commander was in a meeting with the anti-crime unit in her office, police said.
—Larry Madowo, CNN, 8 Feb. 2024
What about the increasing network of anti-crime cameras that monitor public parks, streets, and the like?
—Stephen L. Carter, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
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“Anti-crime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-crime. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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