crime scene

noun

The location of a crime, especially one at which forensic evidence is collected in a controlled manner.

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Meanings

nouncrime scene (plural crime scenes)

plural crime scenes

  1. The location of a crime, especially one at which forensic evidence is collected in a controlled manner.

    The Police may declare a crime scene so nobody is allowed near, and the idea of allowing trains to pass on an adjacent line would horrify the increasing crowd of bystanders.

    2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 43

Translations

Arabic مَسْرَح جَرِيمَة
  • مَسْرَح جَرِيمَة (masraḥ jarīma)location of a crime
Chinese Mandarin 犯罪現場 /犯罪现场
  • 犯罪現場 /犯罪现场 (fànzuì xiànchǎng)location of a crime
Czech místo činu
  • místo činulocation of a crime
Danish gerningssted, åsted
  • gerningsstedlocation of a crime
  • åstedlocation of a crime
Dutch plaats delict
  • plaats delictlocation of a crime
Finnish rikospaikka, tekopaikka
  • rikospaikkalocation of a crime
  • tekopaikkalocation of a crime
French scène de crime
  • scène de crimelocation of a crime
German Tatort
  • Tatortlocation of a crime
Hungarian tetthely
  • tetthelylocation of a crime
Indonesian tempat kejadian perkara
  • tempat kejadian perkaralocation of a crime
Italian scena del crimine
  • scena del criminelocation of a crime
Japanese 犯行現場
  • 犯行現場 (hankō genba)location of a crime
Korean 범죄현장
  • 범죄현장 (beomjoehyeonjang)location of a crime
Latin locus dēlictī
  • locus dēlictīlocation of a crime
Malay tempat kejadian
  • tempat kejadianlocation of a crime
Norwegian åsted
  • åstedlocation of a crime
Polish miejsce zbrodni
  • miejsce zbrodnilocation of a crime
Portuguese cena do crime
  • cena do crimelocation of a crime
Russian ме́сто преступле́ния
  • ме́сто преступле́ния (mésto prestuplénija)location of a crime
Spanish escena del crimen, lugar de los hechos
  • escena del crimenlocation of a crime
  • lugar de los hechoslocation of a crime
Swedish brottsplats
  • brottsplatslocation of a crime
Turkish olay yeri, suç mahali
  • olay yerilocation of a crime
  • suç mahalilocation of a crime
Welsh safle trosedd
  • safle troseddlocation of a crime
Cite this entry
APA

crime scene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crime%20scene

MLA

“crime scene.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crime%20scene. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crime scene,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crime%20scene.

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