Crime and Punishment
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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One change that appears new is the ratification of a Federal Crime and Punishment Law, effective from Jan. 2, 2022, designed to better protect women, domestic staff and public safety.
From Reuters • Nov. 27, 2021
The darker the night, as Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote in Crime and Punishment, the brighter the stars.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 11, 2018
How deliciously ironic that Mueller's investigation is playing out like Dostoyevski's "Crime and Punishment".
From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2018
Best press conference quotes Woody Allen, asked re his Crime and Punishment knock-off Irrational Man, “Did you ever want to kill someone?”
From The Guardian • May 24, 2015
Beneath it an elderly, round-faced woman sat reading Crime and Punishment.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
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