Definition of "crime-ridden" [crime-ridden]

• Dominated or plagued by crime. (adjective)

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• "Marisol Valles Garcia recently became the police chief of Praxedis Guadalupe Guerrero, a crime-ridden town near Ciudad Juarez, epicenter of drug cartel activity."
• ""They want to label this place as crime-ridden," William said."
• "Which is, lets face it, a better opportunity than that awaiting lower-caste children in the crime-ridden slums of North America."