constitute a crime

There was no clear understanding among the public or press what constituted a crime in a cartoon.

After all, if the trial in question was unfair, then this would constitute a crime.

The killing of journalists constitutes a crime against society as a whole.

These problems are serious, and require significant changes in the lab, but do not constitute crimes.

"When did you conclude that the Governor's words constituted a crime?"

Thus, what he did could not constitute a crime.

However, there was a great tolerance among enforcement officials as to what constituted a crime.

But, they added, "such communications do not constitute a crime."

Second, the things they were saying about redheads constituted a crime against nature.

Moreover, it's hard to get any international agreement on what constitutes a crime, or a punishment.