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VICTIMLESS CRIME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does victimless crime mean?
• VICTIMLESS CRIME (noun)
The noun VICTIMLESS CRIME has 1 sense:
1. an act that is legally a crime but that seem to have no victims
Familiarity information: VICTIMLESS CRIME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An act that is legally a crime but that seem to have no victims
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
he considers prostitution to be a victimless crime
Hypernyms ("victimless crime" is a kind of...):
crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)
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