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crime wave

crime wave is the alternative form of crimewave.

Meaning of crimewave

Noun

crimewave (plural crimewaves)

  1. A large increased incidence of crimes within a relatively short period of time.

Forms of crime wave

pluralcrime waves

Questions about crime wave

What is crime wave the alternative form of?
Crime wave is the alternative form of crimewave.

Words near crime wave in the dictionary

  1. crime scientist
  2. crime scientists
  3. crime sheet
  4. crime sheets
  5. crime tourism
  6. crime wave
  7. crime waves
  8. crime-buster
  9. crime-busters
  10. crime-fighter
  11. crime-fighters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crime wave (page history and authors); crimewave (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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