"no body, no crime" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} no body, no crime
  1. If the murdered corpse cannot be found, a person cannot be charged with murder.
    Sense id: en-no_body,_no_crime-en-phrase-88RIZ0Ht
  2. (by extension) An accusation cannot be made without evidence. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-no_body,_no_crime-en-phrase-SCntrShB Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 15 85 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 16 84

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