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crime of passion in British English (kraɪm əv ˈpæʃən) nouna crime, often a murder, committed from passion, esp sexual passion Examples of 'crime of passion' in a sentencecrime of passion This is not a crime of passion, this was premeditated plotting.There have been robberies gone wrong, the odd crime of passion.He could get a shorter sentence if a trial deems it a crime of passion.Another theory held that this was a crime of passion, revenge on a girlfriend who had rejected him.Her travelling companion, a local doctor, appears to have fled the scene, and the evidence points to a crime of passion.These are not spur-of-the-moment crimes of passion.There are no sliding bookcases, no beach tunnels, no crimes of passion.Crimes of passion have always been box office.Of those, crimes of passion stayed steady at around 130 annually. |