: opposing or intended to discourage or prevent crime and especially violent crime
anti-crime legislation
an anti-crime campaign
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National Guard forces were initially deployed to the streets of D.C. in August, part of an anti-crime mission by the Trump administration that has also included federal law enforcement officers and local police.
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Joe Walsh, CBS News, 26 Nov. 2025
Violent protests have broken out in the Mexican state of Michoacán over the murder of an outspoken anti-crime mayor, who was killed over the weekend while taking part in a Day of the Dead celebration.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Republican Curtis Sliwa, who founded the anti-crime group the Guardian Angels, is a distant third in the polls.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
In fact, the president claimed that one of Kirk's final messages to him was a plea to bring his anti-crime strategies — including federalizing local police forces and deploying the National Guard — to Chicago next.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Anti-crime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-crime. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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