Example Sentences

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José Antonio Kast recently won election in Chile on a Trump-like anti-immigrant and anticrime platform and vowing business-friendly reforms.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

Sliwa’s favorite campaign spot is the subway, which the former Bronx McDonald’s manager started patrolling in the 1970s after founding his anticrime organization Guardian Angels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

Less severe ones include police training for landlords on criminal background checks and anticrime lease provisions.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2023

But anticrime initiatives for decades treated greenery mainly as a hazard, and advocated clearing dense vegetation to reduce hiding places as well as trimming trees to create clear lines of sight.

From Scientific American • Feb. 26, 2018

The routine use of the tactic, which was heralded as a key anticrime strategy, is recorded at far lower levels today, after a federal court found in 2013 that it was used excessively and unconstitutionally.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2015