How to Use anti-crime in a Sentence

anti-crime

adjective
Definition of anti-crimenext
  • At the time of his escape, the station’s commander was in a meeting with the anti-crime unit in her office, police said.
    — Larry Madowo, CNN, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Some could argue that this is due to other anti-crime initiatives.
    — Elinor Simek, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
  • What about the increasing network of anti-crime cameras that monitor public parks, streets, and the like?
    — Stephen L. Carter, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
  • In his rise to the Presidency, Roosevelt had touted his anti-crime record as New York’s governor.
    — Anthony Gregory / Made By History, TIME, 23 July 2024
  • The White House defended Biden's backing as a sign of his support for anti-crime efforts despite also endorsing home rule for the district.
    — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Four seats held by progressives were won by candidates running on an anti-crime platform.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Online comments about retail theft tend to break down as either anti-crime or anti-capitalist.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Before launching a new anti-crime socioeconomic initiative, the López Obrador administration would do well to study what has worked, what has not, and why.
    — Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2018
  • Crime has been a wedge issue since Biden took office, with opponents taking aim at the rise in violence in U.S. cities and progressive calls to shift police funding to other anti-crime initiatives.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Newsom pulls anti-crime ballot measure, capping Democrats’ chaotic response to Prop. 47 reform.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024
  • And in June, a federal monitor said that anti-crime units activated by Mr. Adams were conducting too many unlawful stops, searches and frisks.
    — Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • And the new administration must act resolutely against anti-crime militias.
    — Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2018
  • Still, those who are genuinely interested in eliminating crime, as opposed to exploiting the issue for political purposes, will take heart in the new trends and study them for hints about which anti-crime policies do and do not work.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 28 July 2024
  • The committee called several witnesses, including the mother of a homicide victim, a bodega clerk who was wrongfully charged with murder, and an anti-crime activist, among others.
    — Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The six officers previously fired for their roles in Nichols’ arrest and beating were members of the Memphis police’s Scorpion unit, an anti-crime task force that residents have accused of violent tactics.
    — Adrian Sainz, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The imposition of visa restrictions followed previous measures including restrictions on the country's elite anti-crime force.
    — Julhas Alam and Krutika Pathi The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The bill ultimately was incorporated into the sweeping anti-crime package and required exceptions in order to pass, including a sunset provision.
    — Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The ultimate responsibility is upon the local and state governments to deal with crime and the federal government is there to provide additional resources to support anti-crime/anti-gang operations.
    — Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Using bumper stickers, billboards and advertisements on public buses, Orange County prosecutors have launched an anti-crime campaign aimed at deterring people from committing theft there.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • In response, officials introduced several anti-crime initiatives in the subway, including adding more police officers and increasing overtime pay for them, and began removing severely mentally ill homeless people from the system.
    — Hurubie Meko, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • All continue anti-crime campaigns that Republicans ran nationwide last year, accusing Democrats of coddling criminals and acting improperly by refusing to prosecute whole categories of crimes including marijuana possession.
    — Jeff Amy, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2023

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