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单词 war crime
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Definition of war crime in English:

war crime

noun
  • An act carried out during the conduct of a war that violates accepted international rules of war.

    战争罪(行)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is the kind of war that the Nuremberg tribunal deemed the principal war crime carried out by the Nazis.
    • The sex slave system of the Japanese army has already been branded a brutal war crime on the international level.
    • The use of cluster bombs in these rural areas is, surely, a war crime.
    • During the Rwanda genocide, rape as a war crime received extensive international media coverage.
    • But if there is a pattern of crimes against humanity, it becomes a war crime.
    • He and two others also face charges of inhumanely treating prisoners - a war crime under the Geneva Conventions.
    • The use of nuclear weapons in a preemptive attack would seem to fall squarely within the definition of a war crime.
    • The latter is a war crime under the Nuremberg precedent, as the editors of the Post, implicated in this process, are entirely aware.
    • Perfidy is a war crime, and it tempts combatants because perfidious military acts provide them with an advantage.
    • A soldier from Bolton will face a court martial after being charged with a war crime while serving in Iraq.
    • Rape has now been recognised as a war crime with its inclusion in the Geneva Convention against War Crimes.
    • The memo noted violation of that portion of the treaty could constitute a war crime and officials should proceed carefully, the Post said.
    • Targeting civilians is clearly terrorism and constitutes a war crime.
    • Using far greater firepower than your enemy is not considered a war crime.
    • Indeed, it appears a war crime could be single murder or rape of a civilian by a soldier.
    • Concessions, perhaps, to the observance of international laws that make the policy the newspaper advocates a war crime.
    • Chomsky's interpretation of this was that Huntington was advocating saturation bombing which was a war crime under Nuremberg principles.
    • How many of these incidents, and how many civilian deaths, does it take in Afghanistan to constitute a war crime?
    • International law defines this type of action as a war crime under the Geneva conventions.
    • It is a practice that was outlawed as a war crime by the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949.

Derivatives

  • war criminal

  • noun
    • A person who has carried out an act during the conduct of a war that violates accepted international rules of war.

      战争罪(行)

      war criminals who orchestrated mass atrocities
      Example sentencesExamples
      • His name arouses indignation among the Arab peoples and his military record defines him as a war criminal.
      • They've managed to paint the war hero as a war criminal, and it took him weeks and weeks to respond.
      • Why would an American peacemaker sign a treaty with a war criminal?

Definition of war crime in US English:

war crime

nounˈwɔr ˌkraɪm
  • An action carried out during the conduct of a war that violates accepted international rules of war.

    战争罪(行)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A soldier from Bolton will face a court martial after being charged with a war crime while serving in Iraq.
    • Concessions, perhaps, to the observance of international laws that make the policy the newspaper advocates a war crime.
    • Chomsky's interpretation of this was that Huntington was advocating saturation bombing which was a war crime under Nuremberg principles.
    • It is the kind of war that the Nuremberg tribunal deemed the principal war crime carried out by the Nazis.
    • The latter is a war crime under the Nuremberg precedent, as the editors of the Post, implicated in this process, are entirely aware.
    • The memo noted violation of that portion of the treaty could constitute a war crime and officials should proceed carefully, the Post said.
    • During the Rwanda genocide, rape as a war crime received extensive international media coverage.
    • He and two others also face charges of inhumanely treating prisoners - a war crime under the Geneva Conventions.
    • But if there is a pattern of crimes against humanity, it becomes a war crime.
    • Indeed, it appears a war crime could be single murder or rape of a civilian by a soldier.
    • Using far greater firepower than your enemy is not considered a war crime.
    • How many of these incidents, and how many civilian deaths, does it take in Afghanistan to constitute a war crime?
    • International law defines this type of action as a war crime under the Geneva conventions.
    • The use of nuclear weapons in a preemptive attack would seem to fall squarely within the definition of a war crime.
    • The use of cluster bombs in these rural areas is, surely, a war crime.
    • Targeting civilians is clearly terrorism and constitutes a war crime.
    • It is a practice that was outlawed as a war crime by the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949.
    • Perfidy is a war crime, and it tempts combatants because perfidious military acts provide them with an advantage.
    • The sex slave system of the Japanese army has already been branded a brutal war crime on the international level.
    • Rape has now been recognised as a war crime with its inclusion in the Geneva Convention against War Crimes.
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