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Definition of Crime wave
1. Noun. A sudden rise in the crime rate.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crime Wave
Literary usage of Crime wave
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Commonwealth Club of California by Commonwealth Club of California (1922)
"Judge Louis H. Ward of the Superior Court will talk to us, his subject being, "The
crime wave; Do Our Penal Methods Increase It?" I take great pleasure in ..."
2. History and Reminiscences of Denton County by Edmond Franklin Bates (1918)
"CHAPTER VII RECONSTRUCTION AND crime wave The surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
in the spring of 1865 produced a catastrophe in the feelings of the ..."
3. An Outline of the Cleveland Crime Survey by Raymond Moley (1922)
"In recent years the phrase "crime wave" has been invented, and it has become
fixed in popular belief that periodic outbreaks of crime are occurring. ..."
4. An Outline of the Cleveland Crime Survey by Raymond Moley (1922)
"In recent years the phrase "crime wave" has been invented, and it has become
fixed in popular belief that periodic outbreaks of crime are occurring. ..."
5. What American Editors Said about the Ten Million Dollar Libel Suit by Thomson Gale (Firm) (1921)
"... informing them that the New York crime wave was due to the fact that the
newspapers had charged rotten administration with making the city "a paradise ..."
6. The Culture of Violence by Kumar Rupesinghe (1994)
"African-Americans have been particularly affected by the crime wave of the last
quarter-century. According to an epidemiologist who wrote a report for the ..."
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