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Crime doesn't pay

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Crime doesn't pay.
something that you say which means if you do something illegal, you will probably be caught and punished. Police arrests are being given maximum publicity as a reminder that crime doesn't pay.
See also: crime, doesn't, pay
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Over the course of several days, George Shandy of San Antonio, Texas, had several run-ins with burglars at a vacant house that he owns, teaching a couple of them that crime doesn't pay.
Coming in droves by Williamsen, Kurt / The New American
Of course, both C&W and rap songs do express the idea that in the long run crime doesn't pay.
Parallel worlds: the surprising similarities (and differences) of ... by Noe, Denise / The Humanist
Many of them, if they are not violent, can also be made to make some restitution and learn that crime doesn't pay.
Justice by the numbers; mandatory sentencing drove me from the bench by Forer, Lois G. / Washington Monthly
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