crime scene

noun

: the place where a crime happened
The police found my wallet at the crime scene.

Examples of crime scene in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Investigators created a map of the crime scene that showed a cluster of four 10mm cartridge casings in the exact spot where Hammonds-Ford fired his initial barrage of gunfire. Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 15 May 2024 Forensic scientists had matched DNA from the suspect’s semen to other evidence that was close to, but independent of, the crime scene. Marisa Kwiatkowski, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for crime scene 

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“Crime scene.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crime%20scene. Accessed 29 May. 2024.

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