war crimenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈwɔː ˌkraɪm/us/ˈwɔːr ˌkraɪm/a crime committed during a war that breaks the accepted international rules of war:
Genocide is a war crime.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Crime - general words
- carrying-on
- complicit
- complicity
- copycat
- crime
- drink-driving
- DWI
- foul play
- hate crime
- inside job
- juvenile delinquent
- loitering
- misdeed
- offense
- speeding
- tort
- trespass
- vagrant
- victimless
- wrongdoing
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