Sentence examples for trying to commit a crime from inspiring English sources

"We dealt with him the way we deal with any criminal trying to commit a crime," said Paul Udoto, a spokesman for the Kenya Wildlife Service.

Taylor's great uncle, Clyde Fuller, told the Star-Telegram that Taylor was "a good kid," and said he didn't believe that Taylor was trying to commit a crime.

A person who tries to commit a crime has shown themselves to be dangerous, and must be restrained and rehabilitated to provide a deterrence for them and for others.

Stirring conversational fragment overheard in Grand Central Station: "No, he wasn't trying to commit a perfect crime.

The New Yorker, March 20 , 1943P. 11 Stirring conversational fragment overheard in Grand Central Station: "No, he wasn't trying to commit a perfect crime.

However, there should be limits, he said: "[I]f you are trying to commit a terrible, evil crime, it's not obvious that you should be able to do so with complete anonymity.

The bill defines a home invasion as unlawful entry of an occupied dwelling with intent to commit a crime, and either trying to commit a felony against the occupant or being armed.

No one knows what may have stopped him from trying to commit this crime, but one thing is for sure - had he been able to reach out to someone more positive than Anwar al-Awlaki the extremist Yemeni cleric, his vain attempt to die and bring a plane load of people with him may have been nothing more than a bad dream.

But you don't want to be too obvious and yell, "Rapist!" The potential rapist will catch on immediately and probably try to commit the crime quicker or cause you serious bodily harm.

The records are often extremely valuable to the police when trying to trace a weapon used to commit a crime, even though the lack of a national database makes such searches quite painstaking.

The novelist's main ambition is to try to explain what drove Daniel to commit a crime; the motivation Mr. Hawley assigns him ends up only somewhat convincing, but the emotional pull of a father's loss is still powerful.