life of crime

idiom

: habitual breaking of the law
He turned to a life of crime as a teenager.

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By returning to a life of crime, Harlan finds himself again. Hunter Ingram, Variety, 20 June 2025 Taro Sakamoto, the protagonist of Sakamoto Days, is a former hitman who walked away from a life of crime to marry a woman named Aoi and live a normal life. Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 14 July 2025 The sequel opens with former heist maestro Mr Wolf (voiced by Sam Rockwell) living in L.A. on his uppers following his decision to abandon a life of crime, alongside Bad Guy collaborators Mr. Snake (Marc Maron), Mr Shark (Craig Robinson), Mr. Piranha (Anthony Ramos) and Ms. Tarantula (Awkwafina). Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 June 2025 Now comes Bryan Burrough’s new book, The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild, to end the scrubbing of Hardin’s life of crime, along with those of many other murdering cattle rustlers, cheating saloon gamblers, and quick-draw vigilantes. Clifford Krauss, Air Mail, 7 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for life of crime

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“Life of crime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life%20of%20crime. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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