crime scene

noun

: the place where a crime happened
The police found my wallet at the crime scene.

Examples of crime scene in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Although a bloody spear was found near the crime scene, police could not confirm whether it was used in the killings, Garcia said. Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024 Employees waited an hour before summoning police, a report said, and by the time officers arrived, workers already had begun to sanitize the crime scene. Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024 The crime scene where law enforcement officers were shot serving a warrant Monday in Charlotte, N.C. Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 30 Apr. 2024 Their face-to-face confrontation occurred on Aug. 22, 2022 at an unrelated crime scene. Camellia Burris, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2024 The police on Sunday were combing through a crime scene spanning several floors of the Westfield Bondi Junction mall, which remained cordoned off. Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2024 By the next day, his Rockingham Road estate had become a crime scene. Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024 The 11-month murder trial lasted into 1995, with over 100 exhibits of DNA evidence from the crime scene introduced as potential links to Simpson's involvement. EW.com, 11 Apr. 2024 Not only did Simpson’s lawyers allege that the glove found in their client’s yard that matched one found at the crime scene had been planted by a racist cop — Det. Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024

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“Crime scene.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crime%20scene. Accessed 9 May. 2024.

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