crime wave

noun

: a sudden increase in the amount of crime in an area

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The White House has faced criticism from Democrats and even its own anti-immigration allies for exaggerating an immigrant crime wave while holding harmless the employers whose decisions shape huge sectors of the American economy. Ben Smith, semafor.com, 12 June 2025 Local papers framed the racial attacks as a vigilante response to an immigrant crime wave, and most of the people arrested during the fighting were Latino. Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 11 June 2025 Pay no attention to the crime wave that has been unleashed by the millions of his fellow Third Worlders who have been waved into this country by the Democrat party. Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 June 2025 The South African government has emphatically denied any bias against Afrikaners and has maintained that white farmers are victims of a larger crime wave. Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for crime wave

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“Crime wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crime%20wave. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

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