victimlessadjective
uk/ˈvɪk.tɪm.ləs/us/ˈvɪk.təm.ləs/In a victimless crime no one suffers directly, sometimes because the people affected by the crime have agreed to take part in it:
Stock market fraud is sometimes regarded as a victimless 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
- war crime
- wrongdoing
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