Noun
a sudden rise in the crime rate
Source: WordNetBECOME LEGO CITY’S FINEST – Assume the identity of undercover police officer, Chase McCain, and track down the fiendish Rex Fury to finally put an end to his city-wide crime wave. Source: Internet
LEGO: Young Toy World's Brad and Cathy Penson say the theft of Lego from their store may be part of a Lego crime wave. Source: Internet
Cartagena ups security measures amid violent crime wave ahead of Colombia. Source: Internet
Servicemen, many seeing Southern California for the first time, believed the zoot suits were a sign that Latinos in Los Angeles were an out-of-control, anti-American crime wave that could only be snuffed by the might of the U.S. armed forces. Source: Internet
I was relieved yesterday when I learnt the Gunner Government was going to introduce legislation on urgency into Parliament to tackle the crime wave and fully expected to be debating this Bill today. Source: Internet
More significantly, however, he confessed to being an informant for the death squad which he said had been formed in response to the spiralling crime wave in 2002, and had been responsible for numerous 'executions' during the course of the following year. Source: Internet