Sentence examples for constitutes a crime from inspiring English sources

Perhaps most important, the public's view of what constitutes a crime has widened astronomically.

Moreover, it's hard to get any international agreement on what constitutes a crime, or a punishment.

The use of chemical gas, if proven, constitutes a crime against humanity".

Owning, or even having knowledge of, a copy of a poem not on the list constitutes a crime.

But, as far as I know, no one has explained whether firing political appointees for political (not policy) reasons actually constitutes a crime.

Less likely to come to mind is a small town where high school seniors selling booze to underage juniors constitutes a crime wave.

That, in itself, may well constitute a crime.

But neither of these would have constituted a crime.

No definition of what constituted a crime was given.

Simply telling a lie, his lawyers assert, does not always constitute a crime.

The police will investigate whether leaving Mr. Eason in the van constituted a crime.