"victimless crime" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: victimless crimes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} victimless crime (plural victimless crimes)
  1. An act that is prohibited by law, yet which neither directly harms nor violates the rights of any specific person, although some people may claim it harms society as a whole. Wikipedia link: victimless crime Categories (topical): Crime Related terms: consensual crime, malum prohibitum
    Sense id: en-victimless_crime-en-noun-4M-ALzIe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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