The phrase "acknowledge the crime" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the recognition or admission of a criminal act, often in legal or formal contexts.
Example: "The defendant chose to acknowledge the crime during the court proceedings, which influenced the judge's decision."
Alternatives: "admit to the offense" or "recognize the wrongdoing."
One is to seize the prosecution's ground and to acknowledge the crime, but not the criminal.
If the world were to fully acknowledge the crime that took place, wouldn't it be a moral necessity to remove Saddam Hussein from power?
The problem with the state of Israel and the Zionist lobby is that they never acknowledge the crime of ethnic cleansing on which the state was founded".
Olivia Cattan, president of Paroles de Femmes, a feminist group, said Thursday that the French prosecutor's decision "leaves a bitter taste" but "is half a victory," given that "they acknowledge the crime" even if the limits of the law prevent punishment.
In a statement, Schaaf said it was important to acknowledge the crime's context.
Saudi officials, after denying for weeks that Khashoggi had been killed, now acknowledge the crime, but blame it on officers exceeding their authority.
But it is entirely possible to acknowledge the crimes of Communism and still find humane responses to human dilemmas.
He claimed he would find ways for the Russian state finally to acknowledge the crimes of Stalinism and honor its victims.
As the letter to the Manchester Guardian (left) from Emmeline Pankhurst explains, suffragette prisoners were not striking against their imprisonment, but the government's refusal to acknowledge the crimes for which they were being imprisoned as political acts.
On January 16 , 2012 the 20th anniversary of the signing of the peace treaty that ended the civil war, Funes became the first Salvadoran president to acknowledge the crimes against humanity committed by the government during the civil war, when he apologized for the 1981 massacre at El Mozote, in which 936 civilians were killed during an army counterinsurgency campaign.
