victimless crime
An act that is prohibited by law, yet which neither directly harms nor violates the…An act that is prohibited by law, yet which neither directly harms nor violates the rights of any specific person, although some people may claim it harms society as a whole.
» Blasphemy is a victimless crime.
Blasphemie ist ein Verbrechen ohne Opfer.
Богохульство — это преступление без жертвы.
Богохульство — це злочин без жертви.
Meaning
1 sensesAn act that is prohibited by law, yet which neither directly harms nor violates the rights of any specific person, although some people may claim it harms society as a whole.
- an act that is legally a crime but that seem to have no victims
Examples
7 sentencesBlasphemy is a victimless crime.
Богохульство — це злочин без жертви. — deniko
ruБогохульство — это преступление без жертвы. — Wezel
deBlasphemie ist ein Verbrechen ohne Opfer. — mhr
Tom considers squatting a victimless crime.
Do you agree that illegal immigration is a victimless crime?
There are crimes that harm others and there are victimless crimes.
Embezzlement isn't victimless crime.
Forms
plural: victimless crimes| Singular | victimless crime |
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