One couple asked if we could increase patrolling during the night, another asked if we could not patrol as much, apparently the increased patrolling had got them upset as they thought that there was a ‘crime-wave’ on the estate. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2010)
This has been a remarkably successful crime-wave so far. ❋ Unknown (2006)
At the outset of this electoral crime-wave, the perpetrators and their clients were no doubt very encouraged by its effectiveness and apparent "invisibility." ❋ Unknown (2006)
The government would come under increasing pressure in the run-up to the 1999 elections to reintroduce the death penalty as a solution to the crime-wave sweeping the country. ❋ Unknown (1998)
Mpumalanga farmers who are concerned about the crime-wave of which they have been victims recently. ❋ Unknown (1997)
And a crime-wave, if it comes, will be nothing like South ❋ Unknown (1996)
Maigret had not mentioned this just now to the Deputy Public Prosecutor, when he expressed such alarm about the ‘new crime-wave’. ❋ Simenon, Georges, 1903- (1963)
As his speedster flashed through space the Gray Lensman mulled over in his mind the broad aspects of this crime-wave. ❋ Smith, E. E. (1954)
A Sunday newspaper deplores that there seems to be no means of checking the crime-wave which is still spreading throughout the country. ❋ Various (N/A)
Should we then be astonished that crime-wave after crime-wave is sweeping the shores of every country. ❋ George Thomas Daly (1914)
The original Operation Seymour was launched after a crime-wave of armed hold-ups on the Gold Coast, including the tragic shooting death of Coomera detective Damian Leeding. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Naturally, the U.S. propaganda-machine isn't reporting this mass-fraud as a crime-wave, but merely as "mistakes". ❋ Unknown (2010)
Tragically, as despicable and inexcusable as this bankster crime-wave has been, these past horrors pale into insignificance when stacked-up against the which have been created by Wall Street greed. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Now, more and more criminals from the old Soviet bloc countries, are flooding the country to add to the ever-growing crime-wave. ❋ Marilyn Shepherd (2010)
Kleiman traces the origin of today's tough-on-crime policies to the crime-wave that began in the 1960s, prompting a national response of brute force. ❋ Unknown (2010)
House break-ins jump by 4\% as recession crime-wave washes across Britain ❋ Unknown (2009)
