Sentence examples for a pattern of crime from inspiring English sources

Soon, a pattern of crime and misery, already associated with OxyContin abuse in states like Maine and West Virginia, unfolded.

By the time he turned 16, he was locked into a pattern of crime and self-harm, often at the same time.

But the report documents a pattern of crime that has become synonymous with the Chicago or Illinois "way" of doing things.

For all the unusual features of the case, Steenkamp's killing appears to fit a pattern of crime repeated over and over in South Africa.

When there is a pattern of crime, it seems to diminish the importance of a single event".

A series of sexual assaults in southeastern Queens was identified on Saturday as a pattern of crimes that the police believe was committed by a single suspect.

"They read about it in the media or see it on TV and they figure if it works for the other guy, it would work for me," he said, adding that increases in robberies often reflect a pattern of crimes involving one person committing more than one robbery.

Geared toward ongoing organized criminal activities, the underlying tenet of RICO is to prove and prohibit a pattern of crimes conducted through an "enterprise," which the statute defines as "any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, and any union or group of individuals associated in fact although not a legal entity".

Admissions of the Rohingya are down 40%, even though more than 700,000 were forced to flee their homes in the last year in what the UN now calls a pattern of crimes against humanity and genocide.

We see a pattern of crimes that only occur because people need money to buy drugs.

In the past, rustlers invaded pastoralist communities with arrows and spears, but the practice has now evolved into a pattern of organised crime with immense criminal sophistication, and rustlers have succeeded in building vast networks that cut across different nationalities (Alemika 2013).