commission of crime
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcommissionandcrime
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commission
noun
uk/kəˈmɪʃ.ən/us/kəˈmɪʃ.ən/
a group of people who have been formally chosen to discover information about a problem or examine the reasons why the ...
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crime
noun
uk/kraɪm/us/kraɪm/
illegal ...
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(Definition ofcommissionandcrimefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Desistance is defined here as an individual's stopping thecommissionofcrime.
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The greatest deterrent to thecommissionofcrimeis the fear of apprehension.
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It is certain that they have been used in many cases in thecommissionofcrime.
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The first is the rôple played by alcohol in thecommissionofcrime.
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I echo the general proposition that it is extremely difficult to prevent thecommissionofcrime.
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In a third, information useful in thecommissionofcrime, disclosure is by definition harmful.
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We must note with concern the tendency to increased violence in thecommissionofcrime.
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The link between intoxication and thecommissionofcrimeis already established.
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Its possible use in thecommissionofcrimewill be closely watched.
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There is a close relationship between drugs and thecommissionofcrime.
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Therefore, agents for intelligence organisations are necessarily involved in thecommissionofcrime.
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The problem must have arisen since the beginning of thecommissionofcrime.
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The first and most obvious is that thecommissionofcrimeis related to unemployment.
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In that regard it is a menace to their own welfare and an incentive to thecommissionofcrime.
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Does he agree that truancy and exclusion are major causes for thecommissionofcrimeand reoffending by children?
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This is not a racial matter; it is an objective matter concerned with thecommissionofcrime.
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But thecommissionofcrimeis an attack upon the very fabric which the jury system is designed to protect.
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The same applies to information likely to be useful in thecommissionofcrimeor in helping prisoners to escape.
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The effect is to justify, or to appear to justify, thecommissionofcrimeas the result of high levels of unemployment.
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So it will be abolishing one of the deterrents now available to prevent thecommissionofcrime, and that should be the first priority.
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We accept the recommendation that the criminal courts should be given power to disqualify from driving an offender who has used a vehicle for thecommissionofcrime.
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If that is crucial to thecommissionofcrime, surely selling such a plate is an important matter for which a substantial sentence should be imposed.
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Anything which will make it less possible for people with criminal intent to obtain something which will make thecommissionofcrimeeasier must be welcome.
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It is the amateur we are after because it is he who more and more is obtaining these noxious things and using them in thecommissionofcrime.
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Deployed solely to act as a deterrent against thecommissionofcrime, units do not conduct criminal investigations.
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