How to Use anti-crime in a Sentence

anti-crime

adjective
  • Some could argue that this is due to other anti-crime initiatives.
    — Elinor Simek, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Four seats held by progressives were won by candidates running on an anti-crime platform.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2023
  • For Landry, who was elected on an anti-crime platform, the law’s passage fulfilled a campaign pledge.
    — ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels anti-crime vigilante group, trails in third.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
  • At the time of his escape, the station’s commander was in a meeting with the anti-crime unit in her office, police said.
    — Larry Madowo, CNN, 8 Feb. 2024
  • What about the increasing network of anti-crime cameras that monitor public parks, streets, and the like?
    — Stephen L. Carter, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Online comments about retail theft tend to break down as either anti-crime or anti-capitalist.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
  • He’s even sought to push Sliwa, founder of the anti-crime vigilante group Guardian Angels, out of the race.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
  • His past includes stints as a radio host and beret-wearing Guardian Angels anti-crime vigilante group founder.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Congress never passed an anti-crime equivalent of an economic stimulus bill.
    — German Lopez, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
  • And the new administration must act resolutely against anti-crime militias.
    — Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2018
  • The anti-crime initiative saw an increase in the military’s presence in prisons and communities across the country.
    — Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Still, Manzo’s posture resonated with many in a region where polls show growing support for aggressive anti-crime tactics.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
  • On crime, Brazile suggested the administration did not believe in the rule of law or have a comprehensive anti-crime program.
    — Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • In his rise to the Presidency, Roosevelt had touted his anti-crime record as New York’s governor.
    — Anthony Gregory / Made By History, TIME, 23 July 2024
  • Republican Curtis Sliwa, who founded the anti-crime group the Guardian Angels, is a distant third in the polls.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The problem is Sliwa, the 71-year-old founder of the Guardian Angels anti-crime vigilante group, isn’t going anywhere for now.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The White House defended Biden's backing as a sign of his support for anti-crime efforts despite also endorsing home rule for the district.
    — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian Angels anti-crime vigilante group, said in a statement that the only poll that mattered is the one on Election Day.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Before launching a new anti-crime socioeconomic initiative, the López Obrador administration would do well to study what has worked, what has not, and why.
    — Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2018
  • Alongside earthquake recovery, de la Espriella’s government is still focusing on anti-crime efforts.
    — Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 10 Aug. 2026
  • In the November election, voters approved Proposition 36, which toughened anti-crime laws by turning many drug and theft crimes into felonies.
    — The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 2 Mar. 2025
  • There is also a Republican candidate for mayor, anti-crime activist Curis Sliwa.
    — Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 24 June 2025
  • The imposition of visa restrictions followed previous measures including restrictions on the country's elite anti-crime force.
    — Julhas Alam and Krutika Pathi The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The committee called several witnesses, including the mother of a homicide victim, a bodega clerk who was wrongfully charged with murder, and an anti-crime activist, among others.
    — Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Noboa, heir to a fortune built on the banana trade, is expected to continue applying some of his anti-crime strategies that part of the electorate finds appealing but which have tested the limits of laws and norms of governing.
    — Gonzalo Solano and Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • In Colombia’s new president, the White House has found a willing ally for its anti-crime policy in Latin America.
    — Alfie Pannell, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels anti-crime vigilante group, trails in third.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Curtis Sliwa, founder of the 1970s-era Guardian Angels anti-crime patrol, is on the Republican line.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 July 2025
  • Does the introduction of an anti-crime unit with AI fraud detection technology materially impact how ?
    — Ann Rutledge, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025

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