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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈnjʊəɹəmbəːɡ dɪˈfɛns/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈn(j)ʊɹəmˌbɚɡ dɪˈfɛns/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-Nuremberg defense.ogg [Australia] Forms: Nuremberg defenses [plural]
Etymology: An allusion to a defense used by former Nazi officials prosecuted during the Nuremberg trials after World War II. The trials were held in Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Nuremberg defense (plural Nuremberg defenses)
  1. (ethics, international law, idiomatic) An explanation offered as an excuse for behaving in a criminal or wrongful manner, claiming that one acted in this way because one was ordered by others (particularly superiors) to do so. Tags: US, idiomatic Categories (topical): Ethics, International law Synonyms: lawful orders, superior orders Translations (explanation offered as an excuse for behaving in a criminal or wrongful manner): bevel is bevel (Dutch), Befehl ist Befehl (German), Handeln auf Befehl [neuter] (German), פקודה בלתי חוקית בעליל (Hebrew), исполнение приказа или распоряжения (ispolnenije prikaza ili rasporjaženija) (Russian), defensa Núremberg [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Nuremberg_defense-en-noun-WtM7XB-4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Topics: ethics, human-sciences, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'explanation offered as an excuse for behaving in a criminal or wrongful manner': 68 32
  2. (US law, by extension) An explanation offered as a defense to criminal or wrongful behavior, claiming that one is justified in not obeying a governmental order or a domestic law because the order or law is itself unlawful. Tags: US, broadly Categories (topical): Law Synonyms: Nuremberg defence [Britain, Commonwealth]
    Sense id: en-Nuremberg_defense-en-noun-7tgz1gzl Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Topics: law

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          "obey"
        ],
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          "governmental"
        ],
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          "domestic#Adjective"
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        "(US law, by extension) An explanation offered as a defense to criminal or wrongful behavior, claiming that one is justified in not obeying a governmental order or a domestic law because the order or law is itself unlawful."
      ],
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        "US",
        "broadly"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnjʊəɹəmbəːɡ dɪˈfɛns/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈn(j)ʊɹəmˌbɚɡ dɪˈfɛns/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-Nuremberg defense.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a1/En-au-Nuremberg_defense.ogg/En-au-Nuremberg_defense.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/En-au-Nuremberg_defense.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Britain",
        "Commonwealth"
      ],
      "word": "Nuremberg defence"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "explanation offered as an excuse for behaving in a criminal or wrongful manner",
      "word": "bevel is bevel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "explanation offered as an excuse for behaving in a criminal or wrongful manner",
      "word": "Befehl ist Befehl"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "explanation offered as an excuse for behaving in a criminal or wrongful manner",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Handeln auf Befehl"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "explanation offered as an excuse for behaving in a criminal or wrongful manner",
      "word": "פקודה בלתי חוקית בעליל"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ispolnenije prikaza ili rasporjaženija",
      "sense": "explanation offered as an excuse for behaving in a criminal or wrongful manner",
      "word": "исполнение приказа или распоряжения"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "explanation offered as an excuse for behaving in a criminal or wrongful manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "defensa Núremberg"
    }
  ],
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    "Albert Speer",
    "Alfred Rosenberg",
    "Franz von Papen",
    "Hans Frank",
    "Nuremberg Charter",
    "Nuremberg trials",
    "Rudolf Hess",
    "Wilhelm Frick"
  ],
  "word": "Nuremberg defense"
}
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  "called_from": "translations/369",
  "msg": "unrecognized prefix (language name?) in translation item: Central Franconian (Ripuarian): Beveelsnutstand",
  "path": [
    "Nuremberg defense"
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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "Nuremberg defense",
  "trace": ""
}

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