"crime doesn't pay" meaning in English

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Proverb

IPA: /kɹaɪm ˈdʌzˌənt peɪ/ [US]
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  1. If you commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it. Categories (topical): Crime Related terms: if you can't do the time, don't do the crime, ill-gotten gains never prosper, cheats never prosper Translations (if you a commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it): 罪有應得 (Chinese Mandarin), 罪有应得 (zuìyǒuyīngdé) (Chinese Mandarin), zločin se nevyplácí (Czech), forbrydelse betaler sig ikke (Danish), misdaad loont niet (Dutch), de krimo, oni ne profitas (Esperanto), rikos ei kannata (Finnish), le crime ne paie pas (French), Verbrechen lohnt sich nicht (German), il crimine non paga (Italian), culpam poena premit comes (Latin), zbrodnia nie popłaca (Polish), winie depcze po piętach kara (Latin: culpam poena premit comes) (Polish), o crime não compensa (Portuguese), brott lönar sig inte (Swedish)
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          "sense": "if you a commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it",
          "word": "罪有應得"
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          "sense": "if you a commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it",
          "word": "forbrydelse betaler sig ikke"
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          "sense": "if you a commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it",
          "word": "misdaad loont niet"
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          "sense": "if you a commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it",
          "word": "de krimo, oni ne profitas"
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          "sense": "if you a commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it",
          "word": "rikos ei kannata"
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          "sense": "if you a commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it",
          "word": "le crime ne paie pas"
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          "word": "Verbrechen lohnt sich nicht"
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          "sense": "if you a commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it",
          "word": "il crimine non paga"
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          "sense": "if you a commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it",
          "word": "culpam poena premit comes"
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          "sense": "if you a commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "if you a commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it",
          "word": "o crime não compensa"
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          "sense": "if you a commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it",
          "word": "brott lönar sig inte"
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      "sense": "if you a commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it",
      "word": "罪有應得"
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      "sense": "if you a commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it",
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      "sense": "if you a commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it",
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      "sense": "if you a commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it",
      "word": "misdaad loont niet"
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      "sense": "if you a commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it",
      "word": "de krimo, oni ne profitas"
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      "sense": "if you a commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it",
      "word": "rikos ei kannata"
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      "sense": "if you a commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it",
      "word": "le crime ne paie pas"
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      "sense": "if you a commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it",
      "word": "Verbrechen lohnt sich nicht"
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      "sense": "if you a commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it",
      "word": "il crimine non paga"
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      "sense": "if you a commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it",
      "word": "culpam poena premit comes"
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      "word": "zbrodnia nie popłaca"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "if you a commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it",
      "word": "o crime não compensa"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "if you a commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it",
      "word": "brott lönar sig inte"
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