criminal activity

collocation in English

meaningsofcriminalandactivity

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criminal
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈkrɪm.ɪ.nəl/us
/ˈkrɪm.ə.nəl/
relating ...
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activity
noun
uk
/ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/us
/ækˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
the situation in which a lot of things are happening or people are ...
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(Definition ofcriminalandactivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcriminal activity

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They are not really designed to reduce drug-taking orcriminalactivity; they seldom do either.
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Rather, we go all out and try to extirpatecriminalactivity.
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Intensecriminalactivitycan only survive with the active support of the state.
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That immunity, needless to add, has been a boon forcriminalactivity.
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Today, a large number of former combatants are involved incriminalactivity.
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They also found that when drug use became heavier so their acquisitivecriminalactivityintensified.
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That is acriminalactivity.
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It is acriminalactivity.
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Unemployment can lead tocriminalactivity, and a record ofcriminalactivitycan lead to long-term unemployment.
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A large number of former combatants were also implicated incriminalactivity, sometimes working together in gangs.
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The ' preventive ' aspect of policing involved the rescue of the ' deprived ' before they became enmeshed incriminalactivity.
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We takecriminalactivityextremely seriously.
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I have reported nocriminalactivity.
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That is certainly acriminalactivity.
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Eventually it could lead tocriminalactivity.
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Risingcriminalactivityhas not suddenly occurred.
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This is a cross-bordercriminalactivity.
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People could misuse information forcriminalactivity.
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Would that be acriminalactivity?
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They are not diverted fromcriminalactivity.
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How can we best prevent fraud andcriminalactivity?
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As we all know, fraud is a widespreadcriminalactivity.
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In conclusion, benefit fraud is acriminalactivity.
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Thiscriminalactivityis being pursued with the utmost vigour.
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That iscriminalactivity, and it must be stopped.
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