Sentence examples for usual crime from inspiring English sources

But Mr. Pelecanos is not the usual crime writer.

Perhaps, especially if the voters view the race in terms of the usual crime, traffic and quality-of-life issues.

Set in 1947 and riskier than anything in Mr. Parker's usual crime series, it imagines an extremely straight-arrow Robinson and then dreams up the more tough-talking Joseph Burke as his bodyguard.

"There's the usual crime thriller quotient of violence and death, but the real plot propellant is the mama bear idea: the story of the ordinary woman who does whatever it takes to protect her family, with no regard to safety, shame, the logic of the plot or credible motivation," Mike Hale wrote in The Times.

There's the usual crime thriller quotient of violence and death, but the real plot propellant is the mama bear idea: the story of the ordinary woman who does whatever it takes to protect her family with no regard to safety, shame, the logic of the plot or credible motivation.

In addition to the usual crime and demographic data about the neighborhood, the team also aggregates public geotagged postings on Twitter, Instagram and other social media sites.

In addition to the usual crimes of violence associated with organized crime, the statute allows for a federal prosecution of conduct involving a violation of state bribery laws.

In fact it deals with the usual crimes and plots: robbery, the disappearance at the end of last season of Andy's partner, Danny Rick Schroderr), and the arrival of a smart, good-looking new detective (Mark-Paul Gosselaar).

These characters are not the usual crime-fighting heroes we see in Hollywood movies, and if encountered on an actual airplane, they'd probably evoke more fear than the stereotypical "terrorist" we see in popular media.

So Jason Bourne in Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Identity, about to carry out his usual nonchalant crime, stands in wait for his target's mistress, "a windswept blonde, her large breasts stretching the blue silk of her blouse, her long legs tanned".

Ryan White's The Keepers begins (and is marketed as) the usual true crime fare that we're used to.