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The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law.

Alex Levin

Crime does not pay ... as well as politics.

Alfred E. Newman

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)

When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous¹ crimes have been committed in the name of obedience² than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.

C. P. Snow (1905 - 1980)

Crooks³ are early adopters.

Craig Newmark (1952 - ), Keynote Speech, SXSW 2006

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies⁴ and misfortunes of mankind.

Edward Gibbon (1737 - 1794)

Crime is naught⁵ but misdirected energy.

Emma Goldman (1869 - 1940), Anarchism (1910)

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

G. Gordon Liddy

Criminals do not die by the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other men.

George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

Honore de Balzac (1799 - 1850)

Criminal: A person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation.

Howard Scott (1926 - )

Going to trial with a lawyer who considers your whole life-style a Crime in Progress is not a happy prospect⁶.

Hunter S. Thompson (1939 - 2005)

A crime which is the crime of many none avenge⁷.

Lucan (39 AD - 65 AD)

We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world; and its efficiency is only marred⁸ by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don't know anything and can't read.

Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason, but with no morals.

Martin Luther King, jr., The Purpose of Education, Maroon⁹ Tiger, January-February 1947

Crime butchers innocence¹⁰ to secure a throne, and innocence struggles with all its might against the attempts of crime.

Maximilien Robespierre (1758 - 1794)

The judge is condemned¹¹ when the criminal is absolved¹².

Publilius Syrus (~100 BC), Maxims¹³

There is no den¹⁴ in the wide world to hide a rogue¹⁵. Commit a crime and the earth is made of glass. Commit a crime, and it seems as if a coat of snow fell on the ground, such as reveals in the woods the track of every partridge, and fox, and squirrel.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

The key is to commit crimes so confusing that police feel too stupid to even write a crime report about them.

Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 10-30-03

Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau¹⁶ of crimes and misfortunes.

Voltaire (1694 - 1778)

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.

W. H. Auden (1907 - 1973)

Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year and spends very little on office supplies.

Woody Allen (1935 - )

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1 hideous [ˈhɪdiəs] 第8级
adj.丑陋的，可憎的，可怕的，恐怖的
参考例句：
The whole experience had been like some hideous nightmare. 整个经历就像一场可怕的噩梦。 They're not like dogs, they're hideous brutes. 它们不像狗，是丑陋的畜牲。

2 obedience [ə'bi:dɪəns] 第8级
n.服从，顺从
参考例句：
Society has a right to expect obedience of the law. 社会有权要求人人遵守法律。 Soldiers act in obedience to the orders of their superior officers. 士兵们遵照上级军官的命令行动。

3 crooks [krʊks] 第9级
n.骗子( crook的名词复数 )；罪犯；弯曲部分；（牧羊人或主教用的）弯拐杖v.弯成钩形( crook的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
The police are getting after the crooks in the city. 警察在城里追捕小偷。来自《简明英汉词典》 The cops got the crooks. 警察捉到了那些罪犯。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 follies ['fɒlɪz] 第8级
罪恶，时事讽刺剧；愚蠢，蠢笨，愚蠢的行为、思想或做法( folly的名词复数 )
参考例句：
He has given up youthful follies. 他不再做年轻人的荒唐事了。 The writings of Swift mocked the follies of his age. 斯威夫特的作品嘲弄了他那个时代的愚人。

5 naught [nɔ:t] 第9级
n.无，零 [=nought]
参考例句：
He sets at naught every convention of society. 他轻视所有的社会习俗。 I hope that all your efforts won't go for naught. 我希望你的努力不会毫无结果。

6 prospect [ˈprɒspekt] 第7级
n.前景，前途；景色，视野
参考例句：
This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect. 事态呈现出可喜的前景。 The prospect became more evident. 前景变得更加明朗了。

7 avenge [əˈvendʒ] 第8级
vt. 替…报仇 vi. 报复，报仇
参考例句：
He swore to avenge himself on the mafia. 他发誓说要向黑手党报仇。 He will avenge the people on their oppressor. 他将为人民向压迫者报仇。

8 marred ['mɑ:d] 第10级
adj. 被损毁, 污损的
参考例句：
The game was marred by the behaviour of drunken fans. 喝醉了的球迷行为不轨，把比赛给搅了。 Bad diction marred the effectiveness of his speech. 措词不当影响了他演说的效果。

9 maroon [məˈru:n] 第12级
v.困住，使（人）处于孤独无助之境；n.逃亡黑奴；孤立的人；酱紫色，褐红色；adj.酱紫色的，褐红色的
参考例句：
Five couples were marooned in their caravans when the River Avon broke its banks. 埃文河决堤的时候，有5对夫妇被困在了他们的房车里。 Robinson Crusoe has been marooned on a desert island for 26 years. 鲁滨逊在荒岛上被困了26年。

10 innocence [ˈɪnəsns] 第9级
n.无罪；天真；无害
参考例句：
There was a touching air of innocence about the boy. 这个男孩有一种令人感动的天真神情。 The accused man proved his innocence of the crime. 被告人经证实无罪。

11 condemned [kən'demd] 第7级
adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的动词condemn的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。 The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

12 absolved [əbˈzɔlvd] 第8级
宣告…无罪，赦免…的罪行，宽恕…的罪行( absolve的过去式和过去分词 )；不受责难，免除责任 [义务] ,开脱（罪责）
参考例句：
The court absolved him of all responsibility for the accident. 法院宣告他对该事故不负任何责任。 The court absolved him of guilt in her death. 法庭赦免了他在她的死亡中所犯的罪。

13 maxims [ˈmæksɪmz] 第8级
n.格言，座右铭( maxim的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Courts also draw freely on traditional maxims of construction. 法院也自由吸收传统的解释准则。来自英汉非文学 - 行政法 There are variant formulations of some of the maxims. 有些准则有多种表达方式。来自辞典例句

14 den [den] 第9级
n.兽穴；秘密地方；安静的小房间，私室
参考例句：
There is a big fox den on the back hill. 后山有一个很大的狐狸窝。 The only way to catch tiger cubs is to go into tiger's den. 不入虎穴焉得虎子。

15 rogue [rəʊg] 第12级
n.流氓；v.游手好闲
参考例句：
The little rogue had his grandpa's glasses on. 这淘气鬼带上了他祖父的眼镜。 They defined him as a rogue. 他们确定他为骗子。

16 tableau [ˈtæbləʊ] 第12级
n.画面，活人画（舞台上活人扮的静态画面）
参考例句：
The movie was a tableau of a soldier's life. 这部电影的画面生动地描绘了军人的生活。 History is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes. 历史不过是由罪恶和灾难构成的静止舞台造型罢了。

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