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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a criminal element" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to individuals or groups involved in illegal activities or crime within a certain context, often in discussions about crime rates or social issues.
Example: "The neighborhood has been struggling with a criminal element that has made residents feel unsafe."
Alternatives: "criminal faction" or "criminal group".
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There was certainly a criminal element.
There is also a criminal element.
Marbella had also begun to attract a criminal element.
There is, as with all areas of life, a criminal element within the dark web.
The Americans described the building in a statement as "a "criminal element command and control center".
According to a federal indictment, the Tong has a criminal element that Mr Chow directed towards violent crime and racketeering.
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But behind the scenes, Heloise is actually the madam of a high-priced call girl operation that requires an authorial struggle to turn into something capable of attracting a serious criminal element.
Kit Malthouse, a Westminster councillor, hopes such local initiatives will shame the government into action.There is, of course, a serious criminal element in London's vice trade, involving children and trafficked women.
Rohde and his companions have just been kidnapped by Taliban militants affiliated with the Haqqani clan, an organized criminal element in Afghanistan working alongside Taliban and Qaeda fighters.
From the 1930s through the 1970s the city's gambling was controlled by an Italian criminal element.
What you end up with is a disarmed law abiding populace and a still-armed criminal element.
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