Meaning:
This idiom is used to suggest that crime will ultimately not benefit a person.
Examples:
- My name is RJ Berger and crime doesn't pay.
- Maybe this time they'll learn that crime doesn't pay.
- Maybe this time they'll learn that crime doesn't pay.
- Frank, when will people learn that crime doesn't pay?
- I guess it's true what they say— crime doesn't pay.
- Wait, are you saying that crime doesn't pay?
- And they say crime doesn't pay.
- I think it means crime doesn't pay.
- When have you ever said "crime doesn't pay"?
- And they say crime doesn't pay.