life of crime

idiom

: habitual breaking of the law
He turned to a life of crime as a teenager.

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The film follows the fictional Kasper (Gustav Giese), a boxer who’s struggling to balance his burgeoning career with an ongoing life of crime. Barry Levitt, TIME, 21 Feb. 2025 Saldaña won for her role as a lawyer who helps the title character transition to a woman and out of a life of crime. Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for life of crime

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“Life of crime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life%20of%20crime. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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