crime drama

collocation in English

meaningsofcrimeanddrama

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crime
noun
uk
/kraɪm/us
/kraɪm/
illegal ...
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drama
noun
uk
/ˈdrɑː.mə/us
/ˈdræm.ə/
a play in a theatre or on television or radio, or plays and ...
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(Definition ofcrimeanddramafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcrime drama

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The story is acrimedrama.
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There was even a bit ofcrimedrama!
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The detective confronts the creatures in the fashion of acrimedrama.
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The story combined a natural disaster story with high-stakescrimedramaand futuristic adventure.
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It features clips from past seasons and promotional jackets of the network's hitcrimedramaseries.
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He also appropriates elements ofcrimedrama, featuring detectives, thieves, gunplay, and innocent victims.
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By late 1976, the show had become a more serious and traditionalcrimedrama.
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At the time that was a record for acrimedrama.
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The two generally have conversations while speaking in a manner similar to an old 1930scrimedrama.
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During the show's run the series became more serious in tone and more of a traditionalcrimedrama.
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That too is one of the signature qualities of thiscrimedramaand its most important one.
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Future entries in the genre would incorporate elements from other genera such ascrimedramaand mystery whodunit elements.
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Considering how heavy-handed this routine exploitationcrimedramacomes across, the final result is not bad for such a rotten film.
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Thecrimedramahad a successful first season and, by season two, was averaging a 3.5 rating in the 1849 demographic and 15.1 million viewers.
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This led to an increasingly fantastic procession of enemies and stories that largely abandoned the strip's format of urbancrimedrama.
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After a 12-episode season that followed the traditional formula, the format of the series was changed to an ensemblecrimedramain an attempt to boost ratings.
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