a hotbed of crime

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• hotbed — UK [ˈhɒtˌbed] / US [ˈhɑtˌbed] noun [countable] Word forms hotbed : singular hotbed plural hotbeds a place where there are a lot of people involved in a particular activity a hotbed of invention/genius/crime …   English dictionary

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• hotbed — [ˈhɒtˌbed] noun [C] a place where there are a lot of people involved in a particular activity a hotbed of invention/crime[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

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