commit a crime

idiom

: to do something illegal
weapons used to commit crimes

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The suspects were booked into the Maguire Correctional Facility on charges including commercial burglary and conspiracy to commit a crime. Jason Green, Mercury News, 10 June 2025 Manhattan Federal Judge John Cronan handed down the sentence to Herman Brightman, 31, of West New York, NJ, who pleaded guilty last July to traveling in interstate commerce to commit a crime of violence and sending interstate threats. Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025 Both are charged with conspiracy, murder for hire, solicitation to commit a crime of violence, interstate stalking, firearm offenses and witness tampering. Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 7 May 2025 Her stepfather Peter Schuman, 57, of Buena Park, has also been charged with two felonies related to insurance fraud and helping commit a crime. CBS News, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for commit a crime

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“Commit a crime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commit%20a%20crime. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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