How to Use commit a crime in a Sentence

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  • That's not what makes a person go out and commit a crime.
    — Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2022
  • McGee is the latest person to be accused of using Grindr to commit a crime.
    — Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2021
  • He is charged with 24 counts of animal cruelty and one count of threats to commit a crime.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2021
  • But did Tosa — the Croatian who won tens of thousands from the Ritz and other casinos — even commit a crime?
    — Longreads, 14 Apr. 2023
  • If someone tries to commit a crime, presumably the video camera will see all.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
  • The two teens were charged with armed robbery and threat to commit a crime, according to Boston Police.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 28 July 2024
  • Using a computer to commit a crime is a felony punishable by up to four years in prison and/or a $5,000 fine.
    — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Among the charges were conspiracy to commit a crime and assault with a deadly weapon.
    — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
  • If that gun is used to commit a crime before the person turns 21, the co-signer would only be able to be held civilly liable.
    — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Muldoon has been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, threats to commit a crime and disturbing the peace.
    — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 26 Nov. 2024
  • This year, he was charged with threatening to commit a crime with intent to terrorize.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Any parting advice for collectors, or warnings for those in the art space who may be inclined to commit a crime?
    — Matt Stevens, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Were someone to commit a crime and blame an implant, how would the legal system determine fault?
    — New York Times, 12 May 2022
  • More opportunities to earn a source of income would mean less of an urge to commit a crime to survive, Ardnt said.
    — Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The three were booked into jail on suspicion of burglary and conspiracy to commit a crime.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2024
  • At least, this is the argument given by Sorokin’s lawyer Todd Spodek, who in his opening statement claimed that Sorokin was not intending to commit a crime.
    — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Whether Trump changed the status of the documents as president and therefore didn't commit a crime later is a question for a jury, Schultz said.
    — Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Burglary under state law requires a person to enter and remain in a building with an intent to commit a crime.
    — oregonlive, 21 July 2021
  • It was found that Hessler did not commit a crime under Maryland law, according to the release, and he will not be prosecuted.
    — Kiersten Hacker, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Police searched the suspect’s apartment and car and arrested Reviere, 18, who in court Monday faced charges of murder and using a firearm to commit a crime.
    — Tim Chitwood Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, al, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Dorantes was charged with burglary and conspiracy to commit a crime.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
  • The prosecution argued that there is no proof Arbery had committed or planned to commit a crime.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 24 Nov. 2021
  • The jury found Cobbs, the youngest defendant, not guilty of 24 of the 25 charges, convicting him only of conspiracy to commit a crime of violence.
    — Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 13 June 2023
  • Under Colorado law, that means understanding the difference between right and wrong and being able to form the intent to commit a crime.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 9 May 2023
  • Green and Bivins were also charged with conspiracy to commit a crime and street gang conspiracy.
    — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Jaiden Green was also booked on suspicion of conspiracy to commit a crime.
    — Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2022
  • But when fugitives who commit a crime in the United States cross the southern border, the U.S. government requires some external help in tracking them down.
    — Zach Fannin, ABC News, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Wein was arrested and pleaded guilty last month to charges of solicitation for murder and use of a computer to commit a crime.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN, 12 Dec. 2021
  • In trying to dismiss the burglary charge, Tibbs also argued Ferguson did not go to the home with the intention to commit a crime and that the woman had not asked Ferguson to leave at any point.
    — Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 18 Jan. 2024
  • He was arraigned Thursday in the 88th District Court on two counts of capturing or distributing an image of an unclothed person and one count of using a computer to commit a crime.
    — Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 8 Nov. 2024

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