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a crime included in the yearly crime statistics of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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Origin of index crime

First recorded in 1965–70; so called because it provides an index of the general level of criminal activity

Words nearby index crime

indeterminism, index, indexation, index card, index case, index crime, Index Expurgatorius, index finger, index fossil, index fund, index futures

How to use index crime in a sentence

Did he denounce the involvement of organized crime in the abduction and disappearance of 43 students in the nearby city of Iguala?
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But they say its effect on the regular daily operation of organized crime has been negligible.
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The anti-crime cops began searching the likely path of flight.
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Which is impossible unless people talk publicly rather than letting each crime be its own isolated incident.
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Denied parole nine straight times, he insists he is innocent of the crime for which he was convicted.
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He was thrashed at school before the Jews and the hubshi, for the heinous crime of bringing home false reports of progress.
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At that moment the crime and inefficacy of bloodshed, in avenging injuries like his, or any injuries, struck upon his soul.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
He knew that the whole fabric of crime was due to the human reading of His "revelation" to man.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
Humanity must bench with justice; or punishment itself becomes crime, and degenerates into revenge.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
It is therefore true that the field of crime is not fixed, is in truth always changing.
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