Synonyms for crime wave
crime wave

Princeton's WordNet

1. crime wavenoun

   a sudden rise in the crime rate

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1. Tania Owen:

   In the last 30 years that I have been in law enforcement, I have never seen anything like this. Both a combination of the crime wave that we have, as well as the lack of support for law enforcement.

2. Donald Trump:

   We're not going to let it continue, they're are incredible people who have been devastated by the crime wave of the illegal immigrants... I'll tell you what -- the lives that have been lost, they're gonna serve a very, very important fact. What's happened to these people is just a shame.

3. Barack Obama:

   You have to step back and say you have to look at statistics. 2014 was a historic low in violent crime, if there's a spike in some cities, that's something we have to take seriously and pay attention to, but it certainly doesn't suddenly translate into this notion that a crime wave's coming.

4. Greg Gutfeld:

   Having said that, it would be fun to do a hearing on the crime wave and interview the police from Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis, New York City just to provide real context about actual threats to democracy.

5. Mitch McConnell:

   Even amidst the national crime wave, a disproportionate share of the new judges President Joe Biden has nominated share this professional background that liberals say gives special empathy for criminal defendants.