crime wave

noun

: a sudden increase in the amount of crime in an area

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Which brings us back to the unprecedented violent crime wave in our public spaces. —

Dara Riordan, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 And then the crime wave that it's brought upon the country, the untold humanitarian cost in terms of trafficking and fentanyl deaths, the leading cause of death for Americans age 18 to 49 for the last few years. —

NBC News, 19 Jan. 2025 Trump and conservatives have elevated individual tragedies such as the slaying of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley to claim that immigrants were driving a crime wave — and to justify a push for mass deportations. —

Russell Contreras, Axios, 29 Nov. 2024 The Alexander brothers — twins Alon and Oren and their brother, Tal — are accused of a veritable crime wave. —

Robin Abcarian, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for crime wave