anticrime
Opposing illegal activity
Anticrime describes measures, policies, or efforts designed to prevent or combat crime: anticrime legislation, an anticrime task force, anticrime initiatives in urban neighborhoods.
The word functions almost exclusively as an adjective modifying nouns related to law enforcement or public policy.
Enforcing laws officially
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- law enforcementUpholding legal codes
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- arrestSeize by law
detention · raid · crackdown · sting operation · task force · officer · detective · federal agent
Prevention via threatened consequences
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
- community policingPartnership-based crime prevention
- neighborhood watchResident-led area surveillance
- educationSystematic development of mind
awareness · outreach · rehabilitation · policy · strategy · proactive · youth programs · diversion
Pursuing legal charges
- convictionFirmly held belief
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- verdictOfficial court decision
sentence · judge · attorney · jury · testimony · evidence · plea · defense
Urgent warning signal
- locksSecurity fastening devices
- fencingCombat with blunted blades
- lightingArt of illuminating spaces
- barriersThings blocking access
guards · access control · biometrics · encryption · authentication · firewall · safeguard · protection
Ongoing observation of something
- CCTVSurveillance camera network
- camerasVisual recording devices
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- wiretappingCovert phone surveillance
stakeout · intelligence · reconnaissance · undercover · informant · tipster · data analysis · facial recognition
policing
Enforcing laws officially
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- law enforcementUpholding legal codes
- investigationFormal examination of facts
arrest · detention · raid · crackdown · sting operation · task force · officer · detective · federal agent · Interpol
deterrence
Prevention via threatened consequences
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
- community policingPartnership-based crime prevention
- neighborhood watchResident-led area surveillance
education · awareness · outreach · rehabilitation · policy · strategy · proactive · youth programs · diversion · reform
prosecution
Pursuing legal charges
- convictionFirmly held belief
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
verdict · sentence · judge · attorney · jury · testimony · evidence · plea · defense · acquittal
alarm
Urgent warning signal
barriers · guards · access control · biometrics · encryption · authentication · firewall · safeguard · protection · checkpoint
monitoring
Ongoing observation of something
wiretapping · stakeout · intelligence · reconnaissance · undercover · informant · tipster · data analysis · facial recognition · license plate reader
anticrimecriminal
Person who breaks laws
lawless · crime · permissive · outlaw · criminality
anticrimelawlessness
Absence of governing rules
permissive · anarchist · disorder · lenient · lax
crime, criminal, incriminate, recrimination, anticorruption, criminologist, decriminalize, criminalize, criminology