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knife crime en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (UK, countable, uncountable) Criminal activity involving knives, especially when gang-related.
    • Despite all the media coverage around antisocial behaviour, knife crime and young people, we have actually seen a sharp decline in the overall number of recorded crimes committed by children. 2020 July 23, Chris Daw, “'A stain on national life': why are we locking up so many children?'”, in The Guardian:

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