crime doesn't pay

crime doesn't pay

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /kɹaɪm ˈdʌzˌənt peɪ/

Proverb

crime doesn't pay

1. If you commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it.

Translations

if you a commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it

Chinese: Mandarin: 罪有應得／罪有应得 (zh) (zuìyǒuyīngdé) Czech: zločin se nevyplácí Danish: forbrydelse betaler sig ikke Dutch: misdaad loont niet Esperanto: de krimo, oni ne profitas Finnish: rikos ei kannata French: le crime ne paie pas German: Verbrechen lohnt sich nicht Italian: il crimine non paga Latin: culpam poena premit comes Polish: zbrodnia nie popłaca, winie depcze po piętach kara (Latin: culpam poena premit comes) Portuguese: o crime não compensa Swedish: brott lönar sig inte

See also

• if you can't do the time, don't do the crime
• ill-gotten gains never prosper