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Meanings of attempt to commit a crime in English

Russian
покушение на преступление
Portuguese
tentativa de crime
Spanish
delito tentado

Occurs if a criminal has an intent to commit a crime and takes a substantial step toward completing the crime.

        Related terms
        покушение на преступление
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        Examples for "criminal attempt"
        Examples for "criminal attempt"
        1
        From that time the criminal attempt was never repeated.
        Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
        2
        The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said William "Roddie" Bryan Jr, 50, was arrested on charges of felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment.
        News.com.au
        3
        The newspaper said McLeod will be charged with criminal attempted stalking.
        Reuters
        4
        The most obvious examples of this class are criminal attempts.
        The Common Law
        5
        The man manages to dive behind his own bakkie while the two criminals attempt to circle around.
        The South African
        1
        People said now that they were accomplices in attempted crime.
        Madelon: A Novel
        2
        Surely neither of the Venners would advertise the attempted crime of their relative in this way.
        Elsie Venner
        3
        We want to know if this attempted crime injured the priest in the estimation of Catholicism?
        "Thirty Years In Hell" Or, "From Darkness to Light"
        4
        He was not aware that Ferguson also knew of his attempted crime, or the danger would have seemed greater.
        The Young Miner; Or, Tom Nelson in California
        5
        The first to suffer on that calamitous day was the ill-fated Ṣádiq, who was instantly slain on the scene of his attempted crime.
        God Passes By
        Usage of attempt to commit a crime in English
        1
        He also faces a charge of corruption and attempt to commit a crime under the larceny act.
        The Irish Times