crime scene

noun

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

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While the bullets were taken in by crime scene technician Marissa Poppell, they weren’t inventoried with the Rust case, effectively hiding the evidence from Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed. Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025 The most famous street in New Orleans, lined with iron lace balconies and typically packed with tourists spilling from bars and jazz clubs, transformed into a crime scene on Jan. 1 when a man drove a pickup truck into crowds celebrating the dawn of the new year. Kate Selig, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025 After paramedics pronounced both individuals deceased, homicide and crime scene units were called to the scene. Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 This year, for instance, inventors took a tip from jellyfish to create a non-toxic, fluorescent spray that can make fingerprints visible at a crime scene. Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 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 18 Jan. 2025.

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