crime scene

American  

[krahym seen] / ˈkraɪm ˌsin /

noun

plural

crime scenes

1. the immediate area where a crime was committed, especially as marked off by police and restricted to official investigators in order to avoid any interference or tampering.

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Other Word Forms

• crime-scene adjective

Example Sentences

The probe into the possible sharing of crime scene images was launched on Sept. 11 of last year — the same day Sheriff’s Cmdr.

From Los Angeles Times

That master of detective stories, Raymond Chandler, described the crime scene in 1953, in “The Long Goodbye”:

From Los Angeles Times

On Monday, it emerged at the inquiry that Ian's body was left at the crime scene for 15 hours.

From BBC

Even the prosecutor touring a buried villa that’s become a crime scene, illegally stripped of its frescoes, bemoans what’s been lost when thieves rob a people of their ancestors’ memories.

From Los Angeles Times

“For me, what was important was getting trained for what happens when you hit a crime scene,” Kidman says.

From Los Angeles Times