"engaged in crime" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means actively participating or involved in illegal activities. Example: The police arrested three suspects who were believed to be engaged in the recent string of burglaries in the neighborhood.
Some policemen are themselves engaged in crime.
"These communities need leadership and role models other than those engaged in crime and violence.
Fergus says that as a major landlord, inevitably some tenants will be engaged in crime.
"At no stage has anybody said that all Hells Angels are engaged in crime.
The justices found that the police lacked "individualized suspicion" that the drivers they stopped might be engaged in crime.
Of course, there were panellists with soothing reassurances than anyone not engaged in crime or terror has nothing to worry about.
O'Loan's findings were startling and disturbing: several active terrorists engaged in crimes were paid secret servants of the state.
If these individuals engaged in crimes against an Iraq national - who has jurisdiction over such a crime?", Mr Myers asked.
It was the second time in two months that prosecutors won convictions or a plea in cases involving allegations that Mr. Milan engaged in crimes, although the mayor has not been charged.
Mr. Belden's plea established for the first time that traders engaged in crimes to take advantage of the energy crisis that began in California in 2000, worsening an already bleak situation for the state's consumers.
For that, he said, both Russian and guerrilla fighters are responsible, for both have engaged in crimes and acts of retribution that have kept a low-level war seething long after the major conflict had ended.
