"true crime" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: true crimes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} true crime (countable and uncountable, plural true crimes)
  1. (uncountable) A nonfiction literary and film genre in which the author examines an actual crime and details the actions of real people. Tags: uncountable Translations (nonfiction literary and film genre in which the author examines an actual crime): todellisia rikoksia käsittelevä [adjectival, phrase] (Finnish), kryminał oparty na faktach [inanimate, masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-true_crime-en-noun-1PxKyaRE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 27 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 28 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 26 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 18 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 63 17 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 54 29 18 Disambiguation of 'nonfiction literary and film genre in which the author examines an actual crime': 84 13 3
  2. (countable) A particular work of this genre. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-true_crime-en-noun-BQ8T6T4q
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see true, crime. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-true_crime-en-noun-OoodoLOd

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