I.adjectiveCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a criminal case
▪ It was the longest and most expensive criminal case in US history.
a criminal conspiracy
▪ His crimes were illegal possession of arms and criminal conspiracy.
a criminal conviction
▪ Jason already had a criminal conviction for theft.
a criminal court (=for cases about crime)
▪ Two French magistrates ruled that he should stand trial in a criminal court.
a criminal gang
▪ He had links with drug smuggling and criminal gangs.
a criminal lawyer
▪ She is one of the country’s leading criminal lawyers.
a criminal offence
▪ It is a criminal offence to sell alcohol to someone under the age of 18.
(a) criminal prosecution
▪ Failure to hand over the documents could result in criminal prosecution.
a criminal trial (=for cases involving a crime )
▪ In a criminal trial, guilt has to be proven beyond reasonable doubt.
a criminal/illegal/unlawful act
▪ Starting the fire was a highly irresponsible criminal act.
a penal/criminal code (=relating to the punishment of criminals)
▪ At that time the penal code allowed the death penalty.
a war criminal (=someone who behaves very cruelly in a war, in a way that is against international law)
▪ the arrest of two suspected Nazi war criminals
criminal behaviour
▪ There are many theories as to what causes criminal behaviour.
criminal charges
▪ The investigation resulted in criminal charges against three police officers.
criminal conduct
▪ In some cases of bullying, pupils may be guilty of criminal conduct.
criminal damage (=caused by someone committing a crime)
▪ The boy was charged with criminal damage after setting fire to his girlfriend’s house.
criminal investigation
▪ a criminal investigation
criminal justice system
▪ a book on the criminal justice system
criminal law (=laws concerning crimes)
▪ Criminal law contains definitions of such crimes as murder, rape, and robbery.
criminal law
▪ There was not enough evidence to bring a prosecution under criminal law.
criminal liability (=responsiblity for injury or damage covered by criminal law)
▪ A child under the age of ten cannot face criminal liability for its acts.
criminal proceedings
▪ One of the businessmen is facing criminal proceedings.
criminal record
▪ He already had a criminal record.
criminal tendencies
▪ How should we deal with young people who have criminal tendencies?
criminal/illegal activity
▪ The bar was being used for illegal activities.
habitual criminal/offender/felon etc
had a criminal record
▪ He already had a criminal record.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
▪ Cicourel suggests that certain groups are selected, processed and labelled as criminal.
▪ Even countries with broadly similar cultures can differ in what they define as criminal.
▪ One important issue we have not considered is what happens to the individual once he or she is labelled as criminal.
▪ Unlike most societies, the social profile of persons treated as criminal was not weighted towards the poor and otherwise disadvantaged.
▪ Interactionism stresses the arbitrariness of this labelling of some one, or of some action, as criminal.
▪ Faults which we might see as trivial would create the same scandal and outrage as criminal behaviour does in our society.
▪ They reflect the fact that some groups in society can create laws, and can determine what behaviour is seen as criminal.
▪ Of course, self-report studies have limitations, just as criminal statistics do.
■ NOUN
act
▪ They chose to attract public attention and demonstrate contradictions in justice and the law by criminal acts.
▪ I am ashamed to think that you believe me capable of such a shameful and criminal act.
▪ A further difficulty is the impossibility of including all criminal acts in a questionnaire or interview.
▪ The show uses video surveillance footage, interviews and re-enactments to focus on lamebrain criminal acts.
▪ Which means that you witnessed a criminal act however willing she was.
▪ The studies are being carried out with reference to explanations for criminal acts and educational outcomes and are being explored in an inter-group context.
▪ Nevertheless, they do occur and occasional assaults and other criminal acts are committed.
▪ The prosecution said the demonstrators had committed a criminal act.
action
▪ They had no powers in relation to criminal actions against the police and no powers of investigation.
▪ Mr Caserta, who left Spectrum in 1994, is already the subject of a similar criminal action brought by federal prosecutors.
▪ Many criminal actions appear to offer little threat to the capitalist class system.
▪ What Clark needed was a criminal action.
▪ The advantages of the postclassical approach apply wherever the motivations towards particular criminal actions are vastly more prevalent than the actions.
▪ Section 1 gives absolute protection against any civil or criminal action to anyone publishing papers printed by order of Parliament.
▪ The civil and criminal actions are inextricably entwined.
▪ Guppy later told him to close the account because of worries about possible criminal action.
activity
▪ It is the criminal activity surrounding the supply of illegal drugs that we should really worry about.
▪ On the one hand, people in communities hard hit by criminal activity need to be protected.
▪ Nor was he investigated on suspicion of criminal activity.
▪ Thus recorded crime can only be seen as an indication of criminal activity.
▪ These are corporations deliberately set up, taken over, or controlled for the explicit and sole purpose of executing criminal activity.
▪ There may, for example, be changes in public opinion towards the police and the reporting of criminal activity.
▪ Thomas had a mission, to destroy the missile and prevent the shapechanger from carrying out his criminal activities.
▪ Older people spend less time out of the house, on the street where the bulk of criminal activity occurs.
acts
▪ They chose to attract public attention and demonstrate contradictions in justice and the law by criminal acts.
▪ The show uses video surveillance footage, interviews and re-enactments to focus on lamebrain criminal acts.
▪ A further difficulty is the impossibility of including all criminal acts in a questionnaire or interview.
▪ The studies are being carried out with reference to explanations for criminal acts and educational outcomes and are being explored in an inter-group context.
▪ Nevertheless, they do occur and occasional assaults and other criminal acts are committed.
▪ His views were dismissed by the government, which portrayed the riots as merely criminal acts.
behaviour
▪ Thus, some policemen are urged by their tough-minded colleagues to treat marginal incidents as criminal behaviour and are encouraged into action.
▪ He maintains that there is a link between characteristics such as extroversion and criminal behaviour.
▪ Eysenck then argues that extroversion is the inherited basis of criminal behaviour.
▪ Most laws against corporate criminal behaviour require that intention be proved before guilt can be established.
▪ These involved marital, loss or separation, social relations or isolation, and criminal behaviour problems.
▪ While such notions may all contains some elements of truth, they are by no means complete explanations of criminal behaviour.
▪ Then, once located, the subjects have to be convinced that they can safely discuss their criminal behaviour.
▪ Merton's model or theory does not adequately explain all types of criminal behaviour.
case
▪ A criminal case that resulted in four convictions at London's Southwark Crown Court last month illustrates why this reputation survives.
▪ Yet even in the criminal case, modern juries are placed under the severest restraints by judges.
▪ Ninety-eight percent of all criminal cases are heard in the latter courts.
▪ But a judge dismissed the criminal case a few months later, because the statute of limitations had expired.
▪ The criminal case against Mr Sole is still pending.
▪ He did not testify in the criminal case.
▪ An appeal to Athens against capital sentences in criminal cases was also imposed in some treaties.
▪ Most criminal cases are therefore settled without trial by the process of plea bargaining between the prosecutor and the defense attorney.
charge
▪ This publication contained detailed descriptions of persons who failed to appear at court to answer a criminal charge.
▪ Ultimately, no criminal charges were ever filed against Gospel Missions or any of its officials.
▪ He may now face the criminal charge of assault.
▪ Gillece said he did not know whether the state will pursue criminal charges against Bailey.
▪ If accepted by the jury, the allegations could lead to the first criminal charges against the industry relating to smuggling.
▪ David Holton and Hughes already have entered into an agreement with the local state attorney to settle criminal charges.
▪ During his detention, 153 criminal charges were brought against him.
▪ The reason, several people said, is that nobody saw a political benefit in further pursuit of criminal charges against Clinton.
conviction
▪ Some of the doormen had criminal convictions and a history of violence.
▪ Thirty-five criminal convictions and 18 civil judgments have been obtained since March 1995, and many more are expected.
▪ The result: 11 criminal convictions.
▪ For that $ 110 million, the taxpayers have gotten little in return in terms of lasting criminal convictions.
▪ Last year, 114 cases with 236 victims and more than $ 18 million in estimated rip-offs led to 11 criminal convictions.
▪ Another was Lloyd Carlo Douglas, whom prosecutors allowed to falsely testify that he had no criminal convictions.
court
▪ The functions of the judge were curtailed and his quasi-criminal jurisdiction transferred to a criminal court.
▪ I organized political protests, but also got two appointments from federal criminal courts.
▪ Thus he may decide that although the investigation discloses a criminal offence, no action should be taken in the criminal courts.
▪ Since then, Pepper has focused his efforts on gaining a trial in criminal court.
▪ Here are some of the most recent criminal court cases.
▪ The answer is that a few big city criminal courts did become clogged with drug cases in the seventies and eighties.
▪ A criminal court which admitted such a defence would never hear the end of it.
▪ The dock of a criminal court was a long way from the line ups Guppy is used to.
damage
▪ The 31-year-old man, suspected of causing criminal damage, had been arrested at Sheerness, Kent.
▪ One might well ask how important the element of criminal damage is to the rationale of the aggravated offence.
▪ The official was convicted of criminal damage for ramming the craft with a motorboat, then whacking it with a shovel.
▪ He's admitted shoplifting, theft and criminal damage but denies two alleged assaults on police.
▪ I was in a bad way at that time, I felt really depressed, so I went round causing criminal damage.
▪ Are the miscreants aware that they are guilty of trespass and criminal damage?
gang
▪ The island is also the traditional recruiting ground for criminal gangs along the Riviera.
▪ Behind the glitzy shopping arcades, ethnic criminal gangs fight for territory.
▪ Interestingly neither of these two people were sociologists, though sociologists have carried out participant studies amongst homosexuals and criminal gangs.
▪ Mr Samra said both men were wanted for involvement with criminal gangs in Bombay.
▪ The police have also taken on the football hooligans, the hippies, and the criminal gangs.
▪ The reason for the affray is unclear, though a police spokesman played down any suggestion of feuding between criminal gangs.
▪ Like all criminal gangs, Famlio specializes in profiting from human weaknesses such as pleasure, greed and fear.
history
▪ The court should have regard to the gravity of the offences under consideration and the offender's criminal history.
▪ Knight has a lengthy criminal history and is currently being detained in a California prison.
▪ At Stanford on Wednesday, a few scouts said they expected certain teams to look past Phillips' criminal history.
▪ His criminal history was unknown to the Kanka family.
investigation
▪ Harlequin has a range of tailored data presentation applications such as Watson - for criminal investigations - and a crew rostering system.
▪ If witnesses and suspects are interviewed by state workers and evidence is handled, a criminal investigation would be hampered.
▪ There are also indications that the current criminal investigation into Barlow Clowes may prevent the most sensitive parts from being released.
▪ Mirretti had pleaded guilty to fraud, bribery, theft and conspiracy to obstruct a criminal investigation.
▪ This was counter-productive in alienating those sectors of the community whose co-operation was essential to criminal investigation.
▪ The failure to order a criminal investigation drew immediate criticism from several policyholders' lawyers.
▪ It is true that warrants to the police in criminal investigations may be renewed only for one month.
▪ At first he was told that he was not the target of a criminal investigation.
justice
▪ Read in studio A senior police officer has criticised the way the criminal justice system handles young offenders.
▪ Violanti, a former state trooper, is a professor of criminal justice at Rochester Institute of Technology.
▪ Why is there no such urgency about demonstrable, multiplying failures in the criminal justice system?
▪ Several factors are involved in the process of black youth through the criminal justice system.
▪ Lemert's concept of secondary deviance perhaps represented the most thorough resurrection of the criminological concern with the criminal justice system.
▪ One could not maintain the criminal justice system otherwise.
▪ His court was not only one of civil law but dealt sometimes with criminal justice.
law
▪ However, the criminal law is not fixed and static, it varies over time and from area to area.
▪ If a teacher is charged with a violation of a criminal law, he or she will also need a lawyer.
▪ Those offences which are considered are those most likely to be reviewed on a criminal law course.
▪ None of the committee members in these crucial years specialized in criminal law or family law.
▪ Juxtaposing criminal law and legal theory offers a number of intellectual enquiries.
▪ In criminal law, heat of passion refers to a violent and uncontrollable rage.
▪ It was argued in Chapter 2 that the criminal law ought to spread its net wider where the potential harm is greater.
▪ As a starting point, crime is defined as actions which are contrary to criminal law.
lawyer
▪ They are intimidating towards criminal lawyers.
▪ Tom Nash was a ward leader and a prosperous criminal lawyer who defended Capone and other gangsters.
▪ The scheme certainly helped me right at the beginning when I was starting up as a criminal lawyer.
▪ L., or Abraham L., when he was a young criminal lawyer and a state senator.
▪ Particularly challenging to the criminal lawyer is the role played by consent in the medical-legal context.
▪ Consequently the complete criminal lawyer is no narrow expositor of black-letter legal rules and exhaustive conceptual analyses.
▪ Like did she know a good criminal lawyer.
liability
▪ The question of criminal liability can not be relegated to a matter of medical consensus.
▪ The expressed intent of immunity legislation is to encourage reporting without fear of civil or criminal liability.
▪ Statutes of 1859,1871 and 1875 were designed to relieve trade unions of criminal liability, especially for conspiracy.
▪ One reason for this may be a desire to protect from criminal liability men whose conduct is not universally regarded as criminal.
▪ Both civil and criminal liability are incurred by the corrupt giving or receiving of such commission.
▪ So, keep detailed records of drivers of all company vehicles: otherwise this personal criminal liability may arise.
▪ If a hotel receptionist double-books a room does this give rise to criminal liability?
▪ Meeting the minimum requirements of safety legislation or standards is a complete defence to criminal liability.
matter
▪ Its extraordinary jurisdiction in civil matters was compared with the extraordinary jurisdiction of the now defunct Star Chamber in criminal matters.
▪ We will only use the evidence in relation to criminal matters.
▪ Conveyancing, divorce, probate and criminal matters concerning adults were all in this category.
▪ Not every person who presents himself as the duty solicitor is competent to handle criminal matters.
negligence
▪ Quicksons has since been cleared of criminal negligence, but the Masons are determined that Ryan is compensated for his injuries.
▪ The accused, however, remains charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm and the trial continues.
▪ Pilot William Stewart was later fined £2,000 for criminal negligence.
offence
▪ Eviction without a court order is a criminal offence.
▪ Also, falsely describing goods can amount to a criminal offence under the Trades Description Act 1968.
▪ It's not a criminal offence, is it, sending information to the police?
▪ Failure to comply with this requirement is also a criminal offence.
▪ Contravention of one of these orders is a criminal offence of the same type as those in the Trade Descriptions Act.
▪ He warned Evans that they were both guilty of a criminal offence, and advised him to leave London.
▪ Walking on a footpath has become a criminal offence, with fines of up to £5,000.
▪ That is a statutory offence or, more bluntly put, a criminal offence.
offences
▪ It was alleged that police officers over- reacted or committed breaches of discipline and even criminal offences.
▪ Much depends on the social function of labelling criminal offences, and on the particular labels chosen.
▪ There followed a succession of minor criminal offences, mostly against youngsters with whom he shared lodgings.
▪ Will people admit to having committed criminal offences, even if they are guaranteed confidentiality?
▪ Only those convicted of criminal offences and President Ibrahim Babangida himself remain banned from standing in the elections.
▪ He says success is judged on the number of people we manage to charge with criminal offences.
▪ Usually this didn't matter because the Parquet confined itself to criminal offences and there was no religious dimension involved.
▪ It seems that the procedure, just outlined, for the creation of new criminal offences has fallen into disuse.
penalty
▪ Remedies for infringement are as for copyright but there are no criminal penalties for secondary infringements.
▪ It also would increase criminal penalties for possession of methamphetamine-related chemicals or equipment with the intent to manufacture the drug.
▪ However it only makes provision for criminal penalties, and not civil remedies.
▪ The criminal penalties are also severe.
▪ The enforcement method for the regulations was a criminal penalty.
▪ He also proposes to toughen civil and criminal penalties for willful child labor violations.
▪ There are criminal penalties, including fines and imprisonment, for violations.
▪ It is arguable that the opportunity should have been taken to deal with this matter by way of criminal penalties.
procedure
▪ What it would require is a reassessment of certain aspects of our criminal procedure.
▪ The police did not only employ the law of criminal procedure in their tactical battle against the striking miners.
▪ On August 13 parliament passed an amendment to the code of criminal procedure restricting the rights of those remanded in custody.
▪ Beccaria's blueprint called for clarity in the law and due process in criminal procedure combined with certainty and regularity of punishment.
▪ Legislation was passed on tax, foreign investment, criminal procedure, maritime law and trade unions.
proceeding
▪ There is no statutory limitation period for criminal proceedings such as those in the instant case.
▪ Such cases could be met by adopting for civil cases a procedure similar to the Attorney-General's reference in criminal proceedings.
▪ However it is quite proper to reject a request if the evidence is really being sought with a view to its use in criminal proceedings.
▪ Supervision orders, but not care orders, may also be made in criminal proceedings and are then subject to different legal requirements.
▪ However, with certain crimes, an affected member of the public may commence criminal proceedings.
▪ He further held that in any event the public interest did not require the institution of criminal proceedings.
▪ Dorset Police said its investigation into the tragedy would look at whether there were any grounds for criminal proceedings.
▪ He becomes the subject of criminal proceedings.
prosecution
▪ And, apart from extradition, States were unwilling for the most part to contemplate co-operation in criminal prosecutions.
▪ Without access to specific facts a criminal prosecution may be totally frustrated.
▪ This leaves criminal prosecution as the only viable option.
▪ However, there are no reported cases of a criminal prosecution for failure to report a case of child abuse or neglect.
▪ The fact that a parent is at risk of criminal prosecution for an offence against the child will not justify exclusion.
▪ The President asked for opinions as to the likelihood of criminal prosecution of Poindexter and North.
▪ Six parliamentary deputies faced criminal prosecution once their parliamentary immunity had been removed.
▪ The couple held hands, the hearing officer remembered, and seemed intent on resolving the issue short of a criminal prosecution.
record
▪ Have their parents got any sort of criminal record?
▪ McWilliams said a background check would have revealed little because the man had no criminal record.
▪ Had William Day, a man with a long criminal record, just happened along inadvertently?
▪ He has an extensive criminal record.
▪ The jury were entitled to know the witness's criminal record.
▪ The papers seemed to be more interested in trying to find out if I had a criminal record.
▪ It is obviously important to know whether the car has been stolen or whether the driver has a criminal record.
▪ Police said he had a history of mental illness and a criminal record that they would not disclose last night.
statistics
▪ To answer these questions people invariably turn to the official criminal statistics which are collected and published by the Home Office.
▪ One traditionally impoverished group - women - have become more represented in this offence than elsewhere in criminal statistics.
▪ It is a liberal questioning of criminal statistics collected and collated by the police themselves.
▪ The rest of the extract then examines how changes in the style of policing and law enforcement affect criminal statistics.
▪ But it finds agreement with more sober, weighty judgements on the period provided by various studies of the official criminal statistics.
▪ The official criminal statistics present a picture of crime as being predominantly a working-class phenomenon.
▪ Secondly, and linked with this point, criminal statistics reflect the intensity of law enforcement itself.
tendency
▪ Learning theories have been much more important in positivist theorising about the acquisition of criminal tendencies.
trial
▪ The criminal trial system would be placed in jeopardy.
▪ Charges against Louima were later dropped, and he testified about his ordeal in three criminal trials.
▪ The extradition will add a further complication to the Guinness criminal trial.
▪ He was judged innocent in his criminal trial.
▪ It is well established that the judge in a criminal trial has power to call a witness.
▪ That statement contradicts testimony at his criminal trial.
▪ Apparently, they learned a lesson from the O. J. Simpson criminal trial by avoiding boring and time-consuming chronological presentations.
▪ But what his involvement in a criminal trial of political and business associates says to the electorate at large is another matter.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
aggressive/suicidal/criminal/artistic etc tendencies
▪ In Phoenix any aggressive tendencies were dampened by the location of these agencies within a government structure that frowned on federal aid.
▪ Its sedative effects were valued, but sometimes progressed to pathological depression with suicidal tendencies, so its use was limited.
▪ Learning theories have been much more important in positivist theorising about the acquisition of criminal tendencies.
▪ Most probably, if had not been articulated in times of war these artistic tendencies would have simply been considered marginal.
▪ The Asiaticus does not appear to have any aggressive tendencies and appears to be equally active during the day and night.
▪ The rumbling row with the unions over ending the block vote is a classic example of its suicidal tendencies.
▪ Through a series of flashbacks, Judith's past is gradually explored, and you begin to take her suicidal tendencies seriously.
the teaching/scientific/criminal etc fraternity
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Cruelty to animals is a criminal offence.
▪ Gleason denied any involvement in criminal activity and was released.
▪ Having such beautiful paintings and not letting the public see them is a criminal waste of the nation's art treasures.
▪ I think keeping animals locked up in cages is criminal.
▪ It's criminal to charge so much for popcorn at the movies!
▪ It was estimated that Walker had made around £100, 000 from his criminal activities.
▪ Lawyers are not allowed to comment on current criminal cases.
▪ the criminal justice system
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ After she sued, Harvard said it would file criminal trespass charges against Garzilli if she sets foot in the department.
▪ Call has an interesting vision of the possibilities of criminal justice.
▪ I organized political protests, but also got two appointments from federal criminal courts.
▪ In Britain today we have different criminal laws and hence a different range of crime from those which once existed.
▪ The criminal case against Mr Sole is still pending.
▪ The reason, several people said, is that nobody saw a political benefit in further pursuit of criminal charges against Clinton.
▪ Unlike applications for interception in other criminal cases there was no procedure for judicial authorization in the case of security applications.
II.nounCOLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
convicted
▪ In some cases homes were being run by convicted criminals.
▪ Punishment of convicted war criminals is also problematic.
▪ Many convicted white-collar criminals, being more literate, are more likely to write and sell their stories.
petty
▪ Before they met me, Steve and Paul were just petty criminals, didn't know nothing about nothing.
▪ Amongst them were pickpockets, alcoholics, pimps, drug peddlers and other petty criminals.
▪ Over the years several have been the victim of petty criminals.
violent
▪ This is the big stick treatment for violent criminals which is traditionally associated with an extreme Right-wing attitude.
▪ President Clinton signed a law last year that requires states to make information on sexually violent criminals available to the public.
young
▪ New secure units to hold hardened young criminals would stop bail bandits in their tracks.
▪ That is worrying enough, but we are talking about a category of young criminals up to the age of 21.
■ VERB
catch
▪ I also asked whether he would be giving his information to the police so that they could catch the criminals.
punish
▪ But it's the right that has led this bitter crusade to doubly punish criminals.
▪ When we fail to justly punish the criminal, the community sees justice aborted.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
aggressive/suicidal/criminal/artistic etc tendencies
▪ In Phoenix any aggressive tendencies were dampened by the location of these agencies within a government structure that frowned on federal aid.
▪ Its sedative effects were valued, but sometimes progressed to pathological depression with suicidal tendencies, so its use was limited.
▪ Learning theories have been much more important in positivist theorising about the acquisition of criminal tendencies.
▪ Most probably, if had not been articulated in times of war these artistic tendencies would have simply been considered marginal.
▪ The Asiaticus does not appear to have any aggressive tendencies and appears to be equally active during the day and night.
▪ The rumbling row with the unions over ending the block vote is a classic example of its suicidal tendencies.
▪ Through a series of flashbacks, Judith's past is gradually explored, and you begin to take her suicidal tendencies seriously.
hardened criminal/police officer etc
petty criminal/thief etc
▪ Amongst them were pickpockets, alcoholics, pimps, drug peddlers and other petty criminals.
▪ Before they met me, Steve and Paul were just petty criminals, didn't know nothing about nothing.
▪ Habitual petty thieves and drug addicts dumped on top of their already bulging caseload become their newest clients.
▪ Most burglaries are the work of petty thieves on the look our for an easy opportunity.
▪ Over the years several have been the victim of petty criminals.
▪ The Home Secretary was not about to be seen as going soft on the petty criminal.
the teaching/scientific/criminal etc fraternity
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Grimes is considered to be one of the most dangerous criminals in the US.
▪ Sending children to adult prisons just means they learn to be 'better' criminals from the adult inmates.
▪ The British government maintains that Donavan is a common criminal who should be brought to justice.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Besides, a successful professional criminal with a Legal Aid lawyer is like a billionaire collecting Social Security.
▪ He had never been inside a police station, had never met a private detective, had never spoken to a criminal.
▪ If the police arm themselves, the criminals will stay a step ahead by obtaining bigger and better weapons.
▪ It is alleged that criminals have targeted the smaller, idyllic islands.
▪ They liked him when he was disgusting and filthy and a criminal, and he acted it up.
▪ Unfortunately the innocents get hurt, never the criminals behind the scenes.