anti-crime

adjective

an·​ti-crime ˌan-tē-ˈkrīm  ˌan-tī- 

: 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

And although the late Aurora City Council member was successful in helping start several church and anti-crime initiatives, the unification effort failed to launch. —Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026

Violent protests have broken out in the Mexican state of Michoacán over the murder of an outspoken anti-crime mayor, who was killed over the weekend while taking part in a Day of the Dead celebration. —Max Saltman, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025

Republican Curtis Sliwa, who founded the anti-crime group the Guardian Angels, is a distant third in the polls. —Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025

In fact, the president claimed that one of Kirk's final messages to him was a plea to bring his anti-crime strategies — including federalizing local police forces and deploying the National Guard — to Chicago next. —Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-crime

• aforetime
• allozyme
• anytime
• christmastime
• cybercrime
• dinnertime
• guggenheim
• isozyme
• lysozyme
• maritime
• mesenchyme
• overtime