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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

• VICTIMLESS CRIME (noun)

Sense 1

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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; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)

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