life of crime

idiom

: habitual breaking of the law
He turned to a life of crime as a teenager.

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Recent Examples on the Web Like Goodfellas and Casino, The Irishman follows a rise-and-fall structure that shows how empty a life of crime leaves its perpetrators. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2024 Having fallen into a life of crime after his brother’s death, Robles was incarcerated in Blythe, near the Arizona border. Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024 There are several arguments made in Age of Influence to explain Tyler's descent into a life of crime: His hardscrabble upbringing in Worcester, Mass., his pursuit to support his family at any cost, and so on. Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 9 June 2023 Soldiers conducting street raids lecture young men found with small bags of marijuana on the perils of drugs or a life of crime. Annie Correal Federico Rios, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024 Lee co-wrote and also stars in Love Is a Gun, an existential noir that tells the story of a young man desperately trying to move on from a life of crime. Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2023 McCallum was one half of a pair of brothers who get swept into a life of crime, and he was singled out in our review. Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 28 Sep. 2023 But Smith stressed that society’s responsibility to point kids away from a life of crime does not end with the justice system, and called on city and state officials to step up. Ivy Scott, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2023 In this new installment in the first-person shooter series, which involves players embarking on various heist missions, the gang has vanished and abandoned the life of crime following the events of the second game. Brendan Morrow, The Week, 26 Aug. 2023

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“Life of crime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life%20of%20crime. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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