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la delincuencia in English:

1. crime crime


Crime doesn't pay.
For the crime of first degree murder, this court hereby sentences you to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
This is the police. Would you mind coming down to the station? "W-why?" "You can't think it's not a crime to go shooting guns off in the middle of town?!"
However, the general crime number has not decreased though the juvenile delinquency stands out.
Criminal law, also known as penal law, involves prosecution for an act that has been classified as a crime.
A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this — that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made, not to understand, but to feel, as crime.
The incumbent's rival is taking issue with the claim that crime was reduced by 50% under the current administration.
The author pins the crime on a character who pops up in the last chapter of this book.
Why is it that the greatest crime and the greatest glory are to shed a man's blood?
Raskolnikov is the protagonist of the book of Crime and Punishment written by Dostoevsky.
In the "Mafia" tradition of organized crime, any member who discloses its operation is sure to be rubbed out.
Violent crime (inc murder) | Sex offences | knife crime | Stalking and harassment | Theft and burglaries | Grooming of children
Baffled by Sherlock Holmes' cryptic remarks, Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.
Out of a sense of justice, I said to the leader of the biker gang: "What you are doing is a crime! Be ashamed of yourselves!".

English word "la delincuencia"(crime) occurs in sets:

Social Problems - Problemas Sociales
Problemas Sociales - Social Problems
Ley y Delitos - Law and Crime

2. delinquency delinquency


The increase in juvenile delinquency is a serious problem.
We need to deal with the issue of juvenile delinquency.
The thief or swindler who has gained great wealth by his delinquency has a better chance than the small thief of escaping the rigorous penalty of the law.
Recently juvenile delinquency has been on the rise.
Cutting school is the first stage of delinquency.
However, the general crime number has not decreased though the juvenile delinquency stands out.
Juvenile delinquency is increasing.

English word "la delincuencia"(delinquency) occurs in sets:

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