life of crime

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: habitual breaking of the law

He turned to a life of crime as a teenager.

Examples of life of crime in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Sterling is both a blank slate, a character beginning a new phase of his life, and someone who’s facing a bewildering number of options, including sticking around, leaving town or returning to a life of crime. —Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2025

Lucky follows a young woman (Taylor-Joy) who left behind the life of crime she was raised in years ago and now embraces her darker criminal side one final time in a desperate attempt to escape her past. —Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2025

Rosario and the Bonanno associate became close friends around 2008 and the gangster enlisted the detective into a life of crime, the feds allege. —John Annese, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025

But her storyline is also wrapped up in some of the musical’s more controversial elements, including the fact that transitioning offers Emilia some degree of redemption — and even sainthood, if the final scene is any indication — after a life of crime. —Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 10 Jan. 2025

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