verb phrase · neutral
commit a crime
/kəˈmɪt ə kraɪm/com·MIT a CRIME
Band 4-5speakingtask2
to do something illegal
Examples
“Many young people commit a crime because of peer pressure and lack of supervision.”
“He was caught committing a crime and later admitted it in court.”
“Programs that offer education and job training help prevent people from committing crimes.”
Band 8 sentence
“The root causes of why youths commit crimes often lie in poverty and a lack of education.”
Collocations
- commit murder/fraud/arson
- commit a minor/serious crime
Word family
commit verbcrime nouncriminal noun/adjective
Common mistakes
do a crime→commit a crime
make a crime→commit a crime
commit crime→commit a crime
Say it for a higher band
5do a crime→6make a crime→7+commit a crime
Synonyms
break the law
Easily confused
do a crime
“After being influenced by a gang, he committed a crime.”
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