Usually means: Sudden increase in criminal activity.
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  1. crime wave: Merriam-Webster
  2. crime wave: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. crime wave: Collins English Dictionary
  4. crime wave: Vocabulary.com
  5. crime wave: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. crime wave: Dictionary.com
  7. Crime Wave (book), Crime Wave (disambiguation), Crime Wave, Crime wave: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. crime wave: Rhymezone
  9. crime wave: FreeDictionary.org
  10. crime wave: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. crime wave: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. crime wave: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  13. crime wave: Wiktionary

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▸ noun:  Alternative form of crimewave [A large increased incidence of crimes within a relatively short period of time.]

Similar:
knifecrime, crim con, freak wave, gangrape, driveby, gangwar, drive by, work gang, tidewave, crack-up, more...

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knifecrime, crim con, freak wave, gangrape, driveby, gangwar, drive by, work gang, tidewave, crack-up, more...



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