Examples of commit a crime in a Sentence
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The statute does not allow non-first responders to enter a vehicle, but in this incident there was no intent to commit a crime, and therefore, there was no violation of the law, police said in their statement.
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Sydney Sasser
july 11, Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2025
Police arrested both men and charged them with assault with a deadly weapon, assault with a deadly weapon causing great bodily injury, battery with serious bodily injury and conspiracy to commit a crime.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 7 July 2025
Tracy was charged with breaking and entering into a building to commit a felony, larceny over $1,200, resisting arrest, threats to commit a crime, and possession to distribute a Class E substance.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 23 June 2025
However, Stanton pointed to the improbability of an individual going to the lengths of impersonating a police officer to commit a crime, suggesting Boelter allegedly did so because of his high-profile targets.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2025
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Sydney Sasser
july 11, Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2025
Police arrested both men and charged them with assault with a deadly weapon, assault with a deadly weapon causing great bodily injury, battery with serious bodily injury and conspiracy to commit a crime.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 7 July 2025
Tracy was charged with breaking and entering into a building to commit a felony, larceny over $1,200, resisting arrest, threats to commit a crime, and possession to distribute a Class E substance.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 23 June 2025
However, Stanton pointed to the improbability of an individual going to the lengths of impersonating a police officer to commit a crime, suggesting Boelter allegedly did so because of his high-profile targets.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2025
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“Commit a crime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commit%20a%20crime. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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