Collocations for crime - noun

appalling, awful, barbaric, barbarous, bloody, brutal, despicable, dreadful, grave, great, heinous, horrible, horrific, serious, terrible, vicious
one of the most horrific crimes of recent times (figurative) Not returning phone calls is a grave crime in today''s culture.

big, major
the biggest crime since the Great Train Robbery

lesser, minor, petty
He was charged with the lesser crime of possessing a forged bond, rather than actually forging it.

real
She claimed that the real crime is that burglars and muggers usually get a light sentence.

violent | non-violent | perfect
He boasted of having carried out the perfect crime.

notorious
one of the most notorious crimes in British history

capital
(= for which the penalty is death) After the reforms the only capital crimes were treason and murder.

indictable | alleged
She never faced trial for her many alleged crimes.

unsolved | copycat
the danger of copycat crimes in the wake of the shootings

motiveless
an apparently motiveless crime

victimless
Insider dealing has been called a victimless crime.

white-collar | drug-related | sex/sexual | war | political | terrorist

carry out, commit | report
Many crimes are never reported to the police.

involve sth
crimes involving firearms

be punishable by sth
crimes punishable by death

~ against
crimes against humanity

a crime of passion/violence, the scene of the crime
No weapon was found at the scene of the crime.

serious | petty | violent | non-violent | recorded | unrecorded | growing, mounting, rising | drug-related | middle-class, working-class, etc. | white-collar
Corporate crime - committed by businesses - should not be confused with white-collar crime, which refers to the occupation of the perpetrator and may be directed against a business.

business, corporate | organized | juvenile, youth | international, local, regional | rural, urban | car, computer, property, street
attempts to prevent hacking and computer crime

sex/sexual

carry out, commit | combat, fight, tackle | beat, crack
(informal) Police forces will exchange ideas on cracking crime.

deter, prevent, stop | control, cut, reduce | detect, investigate
The public have a crucial role to play in detecting crime.

solve | punish | cause | be driven to, turn to
He says that bored youngsters turn to crime.

double, increase, rise

figures, level, rate, statistics | control, prevention | problem, wave
the country''s crime problem

squad
a senior detective with the serious crime squad

syndicate
leading members of an organized crime syndicate

fiction, novel, series, story
the latest TV crime series

reporter, writer
the newspaper''s crime reporter a new short story by the popular crime writer

a crackdown on crime
a crackdown on drug-related crime

crime and disorder, crime and punishment, fear of crime
Fear of crime imprisons many elderly people in their homes.

an increase in crime, a life of crime
Unemployed young people were likely to be tempted into a life of crime.

sb''s partner in crime, a victim of crime
Victims of crime may be able to obtain compensation.