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Meanings of attempted 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
Usage of attempted crime in English
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
6
All the efforts of his devilish soul were bent upon stifling the voice and the life out of the witness of his attempted crime.
The Captain's Toll-Gate
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