Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. dominated or plagued by crime.
Etymologies
- crime + -ridden (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Marisol Valles Garcia recently became the police chief of Praxedis Guadalupe Guerrero, a crime-ridden town near Ciudad Juarez, epicenter of drug cartel activity.”
The Huffington Post: Marisol Valles Garcia Heads Police In Crime-Addled Mexican Town (WATCH)
“Which is, lets face it, a better opportunity than that awaiting lower-caste children in the crime-ridden slums of North America.”
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“It can also give us a window into how people who live in forgotten, crime-ridden neighborhoods and face numerous challenges in life relate to God and the church.”
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“Set in the Pacific Northwest, an untitled show from John Wells Productions Southland, Shameless, The West Wing follows a family of cops who uncover the mystical and often crime-ridden world of a small town.”
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“The Connecticut man said his cousin raised the girl "as best she could" in a crime-ridden neighborhood.”
“They want to label this place as crime-ridden," William said.”
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“Summer Night Lights has become a crowning achievement in our gang reduction efforts, and a source of pride in some of our most crime-ridden communities.”
“With Greece mired in recession not seen since the reintroduction of democracy in 1974, and Athens's historic centre so crime-ridden that even its mayor recently conceded that he felt unsafe at night walking its streets, Papandreou's targets, then, might seem a bit of a pipe dream.”
The Guardian: Greece: 'Only tourism can save our bankrupt land'
“You know, they teach the same principles to people who have to survive on the mean streets of crime-ridden metropolitan areas but hunters and shooters think they can forget that principle when they walk into the woods and shuck that bit of personal responsibility.”
“Then, starting in crime-ridden Chicago neighborhoods in the late 1930s, he helped unions, churches and other social groups unite and win everything from jobs to streetlights and garbage collection.”
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