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investigate
Verb
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If you investigate a problem, you get information about it and you think carefully about the information, usually to find an answer.
We won't know what happened until it is more thoroughly investigated.
Police investigated 169 complaints about noise between December and January.
Researchers continue to investigate new ways of finding lies.
Your child's family doctor should investigate whether there may be a sleep problem.
More work is needed to investigate other .
crime
Noun
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A crime is an act that is against the law and for which you can go to jail.
Murder is a crime.
New York has a lot of crime.
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A crime is an extremely bad action.
Letting that puppy die is a crime.