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knife crimes

knife crimes is the plural of knife crime.

Meaning of knife crime

Noun

knife crime (countable and uncountable, plural knife crimes)

  1. (UK) Criminal activity involving knives, especially when gang-related.
    • Despite all the media coverage around antisocial behaviour, knife crime and young people, we have actually seen a sharp decline in the overall number of recorded crimes committed by children.2020 July 23, Chris Daw, “'A stain on national life': why are we locking up so many children?'”, in The Guardian

Questions about knife crimes

What is knife crimes the plural of?
Knife crimes is the plural of knife crime.

Words near knife crimes in the dictionary

  1. knife arch
  2. knife block
  3. knife blocks
  4. knife control
  5. knife crime
  6. knife crimes
  7. knife ear
  8. knife ears
  9. knife edge
  10. knife edges
  11. knife fight

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