crime wave

noun

: a sudden increase in the amount of crime in an area

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The South African government has emphatically denied any bias against Afrikaners and has maintained that white farmers are victims of a larger crime wave. Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 14 May 2025 While Alcatraz was opened in response to the crime wave of the 1920s and rise of crime bosses like Capone, some administration officials viewed it as a potentially similar solution to the rise in border crossings in recent years. Brett Samuels, The Hill, 5 May 2025 The result was a long-running crime wave that broke only when voters showed Mosby the door. Stephen J. K. Walters, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2025 For the past decade, California has been experiencing a dangerous and costly crime wave. Carl Demaio, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crime wave

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“Crime wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crime%20wave. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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