terrible crime

collocation in English

meaningsofterribleandcrime

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withcrime.
terrible
adjective
uk
/ˈter.ə.bəl/us
/ˈter.ə.bəl/
very unpleasant or serious or of ...
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crime
noun
uk
/kraɪm/us
/kraɪm/
illegal ...
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(Definition ofterribleandcrimefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Is that aterriblecrime?
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This was aterriblecrime.
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It was aterriblecrime.
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This is aterriblecrime.
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That would be aterriblecrime.
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That would be aterriblecrimeagainst the nation.
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Has he considered raising the penalties for thatterriblecrime?
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It was aterriblecrimeand a terrible disaster.
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What was theterriblecrimeand error, the folly committed in 1972?
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What aterriblecrimeto be suspected by the police of being a witness.
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Many people are convinced that the wrong men were convicted of thatterriblecrime.
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I express my great sympathy to the victim of thatterriblecrimeand to his family.
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The instances he gave about this or thatterriblecrimegave point to his argument.
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The accomplices, organisers or sponsors of thisterriblecrimemust not be allowed to avoid responsibility.
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That is possibly one addition to the motives which make for thisterriblecrime.
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It is the mostterriblecrimethat one person can commit against another.
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Why cannot we build more houses and cure thatterriblecrimeagainst society?
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Is it not time that thisterriblecrimewas banned officially by us?
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I recognise that these people are guilty of aterriblecrime.
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Overcrowding in the urban sense is, in my judgment, aterriblecrime.
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A parishioner came to me once and confessed that he had committed aterriblecrime.
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There are causes for thisterriblecrime.
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Although, in fact, it's the story of aterriblecrime.
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We don't see any other motive for thisterriblecrime.
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Is not the justice system paralysed when those accused of thisterriblecrimecannot be brought to justice?
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