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
• cheats never prosper