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单词 victimless crime
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Definition of victimless crime in US English:

victimless crime

noun
  • A legal offense to which all parties consent and no party is injured.

    software piracy is far from a victimless crime
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The bitter truth is that, unlike the majority of nonviolent drug cases, corporate malfeasance is not a victimless crime.
    • Cameras make it easier to discover these victimless crimes.
    • Well, illegal immigration's not a victimless crime in many ways.
    • Senator, are you even dimly aware that terrorism is NOT a victimless crime?
    • And there are something like a million Americans in jail for victimless crimes.
    • It's time we got the government out of the business of regulating consensual and victimless crimes.
    • Prostitution has been called a victimless crime, because women are assumed to consent and that therefore no harm is done.
    • They think it's a victimless crime or a trivial crime or a ‘technicality’ crime. Let's start with the immediate victims.
    • What I would say, though, is that marijuana smoking is a victimless crime and the drug war has proven to be a very biased war.
    • Leonard suggests that this spending could drop to as little as $10 / month if we stop prosecuting drug offenses and other victimless crimes.

Definition of victimless crime in US English:

victimless crime

noun
  • A legal offense to which all parties consent and no party is injured.

    software piracy is far from a victimless crime
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Cameras make it easier to discover these victimless crimes.
    • They think it's a victimless crime or a trivial crime or a ‘technicality’ crime. Let's start with the immediate victims.
    • The bitter truth is that, unlike the majority of nonviolent drug cases, corporate malfeasance is not a victimless crime.
    • What I would say, though, is that marijuana smoking is a victimless crime and the drug war has proven to be a very biased war.
    • Prostitution has been called a victimless crime, because women are assumed to consent and that therefore no harm is done.
    • And there are something like a million Americans in jail for victimless crimes.
    • Senator, are you even dimly aware that terrorism is NOT a victimless crime?
    • Leonard suggests that this spending could drop to as little as $10 / month if we stop prosecuting drug offenses and other victimless crimes.
    • Well, illegal immigration's not a victimless crime in many ways.
    • It's time we got the government out of the business of regulating consensual and victimless crimes.
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