Prisoner," the clerk sang, "you have been accused of the most awful crime known to man.

This man committed the most hideous crime known to our laws, and twice before he has committed crimes of a similar, though less horrible, character.

To steal a man's woman is one of the most serious crimes known to these people.

Years later, he committed every crime known in films and the Gotham newspapers dubbed him "Film Freak".

All these things might have been forgiven her, but she supplemented them by the crime known in stage circles as 'throwing her weight about'.

It declared Toyota and Mazda guilty of selling mini-vans for too little money - a crime known as "dumping."

The crime, known as the "preppie murder," drew many headlines in the late 1980's, and the reporters seemed eager for a comment from the killer.

Systems of reporting "crimes known to the police" in selected foreign countries (1967)

Bo's tenure in Chongqing was dominated by a protracted war against organized crime and corruption known as dahei ("striking black").

Spot-fixing in cricket is written about in the most apocalyptic terms, as if it was the greatest crime known to man.