Definition of "anticrime" []

• Intended to curb or eradicate criminal activity: an anticrime bill; anticrime efforts in the neighborhoods. (adjective)

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• "The finding alleges the government withheld from lawmakers key cost data related to anticrime legislation."
• "OTTAWA—A Canadian parliamentary committee recommended that the government be found in contempt of Parliament for not fully disclosing the cost of anticrime legislation, paving the way for a historic rebuke that could trigger a third national election in five years."
• "OTTAWA—A Canadian parliamentary committee recommended Monday that the government be found in contempt of Parliament for not fully disclosing the cost of anticrime legislation, paving the way for a rebuke that could trigger a third national election in five years."