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crime-ridden

crime-ridden adjective: dominated or plagued by crime.

Adjective

crime-ridden (comparative more crime-ridden, superlative most crime-ridden)

  1. dominated or plagued by crime.
    • one of the most crime-ridden neighbourhoods of the city

Forms of crime-ridden

comparativemore crime-ridden
superlativemost crime-ridden

Origin of crime-ridden

From crime + -ridden.

Questions about crime-ridden

What does crime-ridden mean?
Crime-ridden means dominated or plagued by crime.
What part of speech is crime-ridden?
Crime-ridden is an adjective.

Words near crime-ridden in the dictionary

  1. crime-buster
  2. crime-busters
  3. crime-fighter
  4. crime-fighters
  5. crime-free
  6. crime-ridden
  7. Crimea
  8. Crimea river
  9. Crimean
  10. Crimean flannel
  11. Crimean flannels

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