| 词汇 | example_english_petty-crime |
| 释义 | Examples of petty crimeThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Most of it is pettycrime, chiefly thefts of hogs and poultry, but there are also a good many crimes against women. The issues featured were the staple of the justice system - pettycrime and disorder. Specifically designed institutions were necessary for interning miscreants who survived through begging and pettycrime, and who caused problems of hygiene and order. Having no need for church buildings or for the presence of professional clergy, it established itself in local neighbourhoods, pulling people away from alcoholism, pettycrime and corruption. It is not just that pettycrime is increasing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These problems of hooliganism and pettycrime can be dealt with only by having sufficient constables in the locality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a sad thing that growing shortages and increased controls have done much to foster gambling, black markets and all sorts of pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is too much tolerance of pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If this can be achieved even to a small extent then we shall reduce pettycrime and release our police for more important work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They got into trouble and began to get involved in pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The third class is those involved in antisocial behaviour and pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The result is that magistrates often face young men involved in pettycrime with no money and no benefit from which to deduct a fine. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As we know, many young people, having drifted into pettycrime, drugs and so forth, have come off the register. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will lead to illegal working, pettycrime and the negative impact on race and community relations which will follow in its wake. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no tight definition of what is meant by pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The majority of cases happen when a child is detained for a pettycrime and tries to flee detention. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The problem for my constituents is that—as has been mentioned—there has been an increase in pettycrime, youth nuisance and rural crime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us not hear any nonsense about pettycrime because no crime is petty to the victim. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the heart of this debate is proof of a greatly divided society of debt and of the temptation of pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People indulge in pettycrime in particular, to raise the money to buy drugs on the street. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Attitudes in the home and parental attitudes are always a major factor in the increase in pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In fact, most crime is local, pettycrime, often committed within housing estates where people prey on their neighbours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, it was pettycrime and not the sort that hits the headlines. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Too often the consequence is a rise in pettycrime and juvenile delinquency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is extraordinary that people should have to end up preferring the consequences of pettycrime to the alternatives facing them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They become involved in pettycrime and vandalism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that their experiences can be shared with all who seek to motivate those whose early disaffection leads them into pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Young people previously tempted through boredom into pettycrime were given other things to do with the help of local businesses and voluntary groups. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The crime rate, most of it pettycrime, is rapidly increasing in my area and mostly unemployed youngsters are involved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My instinctive response would be to say that one would expect a correlation as regards pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Others will become listless and apathetic, while others will hang around street corners, turn to vandalism and perhaps to pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To predict vandalism and pettycrime is not to excuse them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They can turn a young fellow away from a career of pettycrime leading to violent and more serious crime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps it will be in vandalism or pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They will be let loose, many of them destitute and with few alternatives to a return to pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thousands of people up and down the country have from time to time their lives blighted by crime, whether a serious or pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of the youngsters drift into crime—pettycrime initially and more serious crime subsequently—because there is little alternative. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That could lead them to pettycrime and land them in court facing a prison sentence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The existing criminal justice system does not deal effectively with disorder or apparently pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that it is quite wrong constantly to refer to crime as pettycrime; all crime is to be abhorred. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Increased alcoholism is another of these social results, as is frustration among young people, with consequent increases in violence and pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The cost to society in terms of social conditions and the development of pettycrime and worse are great. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is perpetuated within a cycle of drug use, pettycrime, greater loss of self-esteem, and greater use of drugs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Other desirable measures would be the installation of video cameras on all buses, which could have the effect of reducing vandalism and pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not surprising that in such circumstances some young people turn to pettycrime and are then drawn into committing greater offences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is because we accept pettycrime as inevitable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is hardly surprising that we are seeing an increase in pettycrime, and sometimes violent crime, as such young people become increasingly alienated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is at stake with insider dealing does not compare with the pettycrime of fiddling social security or even income tax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I recognise the principle that magistrates' courts are there to deal with pettycrime, and that this is a civil action. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would just refer finally to preventive action against urban crime and pettycrime. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We believe in chief constables developing local schemes to crack down on pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many would describe such incidents as pettycrime, but they are often a source of great distress to the unfortunate recipients. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They can be drawn into vandalism, and may engage in all sorts of pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They may be subject to pettycrime or harassment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There have been problems with drugs, pettycrime and vandalism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The peace-time quarters of the soldier will go a long way to solve this problem of pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has also been an outbreak of pettycrime, which is more than a coincidence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is understandable, but kids on the streets get into pettycrime and that fouls up the local police performance targets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I regret to say that a growing number supplement their income from the proceeds of pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is an increase in vandalism and pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is also a tragedy for society, because unemployed young people can so easily drift into bad ways, including pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is much easier to justify taking on some kids with a truancy rate and a record of drug addiction or pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If anybody committed a pettycrime he was quickly seen off, no doubt with leaded boots. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They delude themselves if they believe that custodial sentences reduce pettycrime, especially custodial sentences served in present conditions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As the police themselves say, those involved in pettycrime are often involved in serious crime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One encompasses serious crimes, including violence, and the other covers pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That led to truancy from school and on to pettycrime in order to gain money to pay for gambling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Much of that may be pettycrime, but crimes of violence are on the increase. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must also accept that vandalism and pettycrime are among the offshoots of so much youth unemployment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Far too many children start playing truant from school, get involved in pettycrime, and move on to larger-scale crime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A sharper and tougher attitude to truants would instil a better attitude to pettycrime at an early age. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You have forced humanity to abandon fair dealing, for strikes, black market, and pettycrime, have turned human ambition into apathy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are too many people found guilty of violence and pettycrime who get away with it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They may have had drugs problems, they may be alienated or have been involved in pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I strongly suspect that if we are not careful, we shall see a rise in pettycrime as a result of making drugs scarcer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unfortunately, vandalism and hooliganism and pettycrime are increasing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is the person who is in and out of prison all his middle life, having followed a life of pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Problems such as truancy, school exclusions, pettycrime and drugs misuse should benefit from the joint approach which will be the result of the order. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Part of the problem of our growing vandalism and pettycrime is due to the growth of youth unemployment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In other words, there is an underlying table of this kind of relatively pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are all aware of council estates in our constituencies that are conducive to low morale and are hotbeds of pettycrime and vandalism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The petty thieving and pettycrime began to decrease. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A black economy has emerged, with associated gangsterism and pettycrime, which creates havoc in many of our hard-pressed communities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unfortunately this leads to pettycrime to start with and, if they get away with it, to serious crime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nobody who has been concerned with pettycrime in the courts is in any doubt about the value of hostels for petty offenders. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Not only that, but it puts marriage under strain and, let us face it, leads to an increase in pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Secondly, it is sometimes assumed that the increase in crime is somehow only in trivial or pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He pointed out that a great deal of pettycrime is committed by juveniles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In rural communities the youngster who commits pettycrime is usually known and can be recognised and speedily apprehended. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think there is even such an offence as a pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want to talk about disaffected youth—truants, joyriders and perpetrators of pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They include boarded-up houses and abandoned streets, and they are magnets for pettycrime and vandalism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One might say that this sort of campaign is directed against pettycrime, rather than against planned crime which is, perhaps, the central theme of this debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We consider public safety to be important enough at airports to merit such measures, and there is not that much pettycrime and violence in airports. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some will have been in prison only because their illness made them incapable of coping with ordinary life with the result that they resorted to pettycrime or created disturbances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those who are turned out of hospital with no care find themselves in despair and often become involved in pettycrime, which can result in imprisonment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He had a history of pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In some cases, it is being used in a less than proportionate manner to extradite suspects of often pettycrime: stealing a bike or a piglet. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I congratulate him on applying the energy that he has so far—extremely successfully—focused mostly on serious crime to the equally worrying problems of juvenile and pettycrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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