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Commit crime vs Commit a crime

Both 'commit crime' and 'commit a crime' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Commit a crime' is the more common and standard phrase, where 'a' is used to specify the type of crime being committed. On the other hand, 'commit crime' can be used in a more general sense without specifying a particular crime.

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Commit crime

This phrase is correct but is used in a more general sense without specifying a particular crime.

This phrase is used to refer to the act of engaging in criminal activities without specifying a specific crime. It is more general and less specific than 'commit a crime.'

Examples:

He was known to commit crime regularly.
The city has seen a rise in those who commit crime.
It is important to prevent individuals from wanting to commit crime.

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We have to prevent opportunities for crime and we must make it harder and less tempting to commit crime.
Generally speaking, and in connection with intercultural dialogue, it is worth giving serious consideration to what radicalises young people, prompting them to commit crime, even murder, and how best to prevent them from going down the road of crime.
It's a shame more women don't commit crime.
Criminal cases are ones where the government charges against those who commit crime, correct?
A client who used her to commit crime.
with his tendency to commit crime.

Alternatives:

engage in criminal activities
participate in illegal behavior

Commit a crime

This phrase is correct and is the more common and standard way to express the act of committing a specific crime.

'Commit a crime' is used to specify the type of crime being committed. The 'a' article is used to indicate a singular, specific crime.

Examples:

He was arrested for committing a crime.
She confessed to committing a crime.
It is illegal to commit a crime.

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Commit a crime and then show up to mystically help solve it?
Never commit a crime in a Gremlin.
The Cuban Government has charged these young people on suspicion that they may commit a crime.
Do you suppose it's ethical, even if you prove that he didn't commit a crime?
Did you commit a crime?
"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 squirrel and mole."
Not one person saw Monica commit a crime.
We didn't commit a crime.
You commit a crime with witsec, you're out.
The only issue before this court is did the defendant commit a crime.
Did Owen Jones commit a crime?
It is a wild city where people fight as you can to move forward, but honestly, not steal or commit a crime.
She did not commit a crime and therefore cannot be judged by man.
You're saying an ape helped a human commit a crime?
At least when you commit a crime you get to choose where you do it.
I mean, he didn't commit a crime, he didn't pose a threat to himself or anybody else.
I was afraid I'd commit a crime!
Maybe I never saw James commit a crime, But I did see him with a gun once.

Alternatives:

perpetrate a crime
carry out a criminal act

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