a rotten apple - a member of a group, or a single element in a set of things, that is bad and likely to corrupt the other people or things in the group., an inside job - some transgression committed with the assistance of someone trusted by the victim, to spill the beans - to let secret information become known, to point the finger at someone - to indicate that one is guilty of (doing) something, to blow the whistle on someone - to call someone or something out in the hope of bringing some bad behavior to a halt, to put a foot wrong - to not do anything bad or make any mistakes., to cover someone’s tracks - to conceal one's footprints, typically to avoid being followed., to come clean - to tell the truth about something that you have been keeping secret, to do time - to serve a prison sentence., in hot water - having provoked or incited anger, hostility, or punishment against oneself, to carry the can - to take the blame or responsibility for something that is wrong or has not succeeded, to brush something under the carpet - to ignore, deny, or conceal from public view or knowledge something that is embarrassing, unappealing, or damaging to one's reputation, to catch someone red-handed - to see, and perhaps apprehend, someone as they are doing something, off guard - take (or be taken) by surprise, to cut and run - make off promptly, by the book - to do something exactly according to rules or the law,

CRIME IDIOMS

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