knife crime
knife crime · knife crimes
Criminal activity involving knives, especially when gang-relatedCriminal activity involving knives, especially when gang-related.
» They discovered a bloodied knife at the crime scene.
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1 senses(UK, countable, uncountable)Criminal activity involving knives, especially when gang-related.
Examples
2 sentencesThey discovered a bloodied knife at the crime scene.
We discovered a bloodied knife at the crime scene.
Forms
plural: knife crimes| Singular | knife crime |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.