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crime wave

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Noun1.crime wave - a sudden rise in the crime rate
rise - a growth in strength or number or importance
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crime wave n → ondata di criminalità
crime wave n → ondata di criminalità


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They are illegal aliens, from Honduras and Ecuador, just two of the hundreds of thousands brutalizing Americans in a crime wave of unfathomable proportions.
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Finally, a crime wave gripped the city; residents suspected that slaves were responsible.
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