Sentence examples for act of criminal from inspiring English sources

The phrase "act of criminal" is not correct in standard written English.
The correct expression would typically be "act of crime" or "criminal act."
Example: "The police are investigating the act of crime that occurred last night in the neighborhood."
Alternatives: "criminal offense" or "criminal activity."

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She calls not adding the anti-corrosion phosphates an act of "criminal negligence".

But it is an act of criminal culturelessness to shut out these great film-makers.

But to get knotted up about spoiling the end of Mad Men is an act of criminal stupidity.

As Islamist groups grow in influence across the region, it would be an act of criminal neglect to ignore them.

The thirty or forty seconds they performed in an almost empty church were characterized as a premeditated act of criminal hooliganism, a grave violation of public order.

Finally (and this is where the analogy breaks down), anger gives way to a righteous urge to perpetrate an act of criminal damage with the aid of a permanent marker.

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They are not acts of criminal vandalism," he said.

"Anyone who damages or performs acts of criminal mischief against telephone facilities will be arrested," said Deputy Chief Thomas P. Fahey.

The opposition leader, Bill Shorten, said Australia was undertaking a "humanitarian mission" triggered by acts of criminal violence in northern Iraq.

If any of our blokeish vote-hunters wish to trumpet their past acts of criminal damage in defence of ladies of the night, please do so now.

"There are hundreds of acts of criminal conduct that make up this deception," Mr. Levy said, "and it lasted for a very long period of time".

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