high crime rate
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- noun
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alta tasa de criminalidad
- Moreover, these individuals may live in neighborhoods with high crime rates.
- high crime rate in cities
- highest crime rates in the nation
- neighborhoods with high crime rates
Examples
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The neighborhood has a notably high crime rate, making residents feel unsafe.
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Don't forget your society has a very high crime rate compared to other Western countries.
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Oakland has one of the highest crime rates in the country.
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It has the highest crime rate in Sector 13.
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A public meeting was held in Stockton, Calif., last night in order to address the town's high crime rate.
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Detroit: High crime rates, bad neighborhoods, high unemployment, empty buildings, and home foreclosures are commonplace.
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The position of the country's capital, Prague, is quite unique, as it reports an extremely high crime rate and a high concentration of other problematic demographic and social factors.
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Experts warn that cities with a high crime rate often face more economic challenges.
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Due to its high crime rate, the area has increased police patrols to ensure safety.
Synonyms
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The amount of crime or the number of people who break the law in an area
How High
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'high' (above normal), 'crime' (unlawful acts) and 'rate' (frequency), so the meaning — that the frequency of criminal incidents is large — is directly and compositionally derivable from the parts. This adjectival + noun + noun frequency construction is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will understand it.
Etymology
High crime rate uses a simple image: rate means how often something happens and high means a large number. So, high crime rate refers to an 'area' or 'time' with 'many crimes'.