"crime against humanity" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: crimes against humanity [plural]
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  1. (now chiefly law) A very destructive and immoral act; later specifically, something causing widespread human misery or loss of life; an atrocity. Categories (topical): Law, Crime, Violence Related terms: genocide, war crime Translations (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people): جَرِيمَة ضِدَّ الْإِنْسَانِيَّةَ (alt: jarīma(t) ḍidda l-ʔinsāniyyata) [feminine] (Arabic), հանցագործություն մարդկության հանդեպ (hancʿagorcutʿyun mardkutʿyan handep) (Armenian), престъпле́ние срещу́ чове́чеството (prestǎplénie sreštú čovéčestvoto) [neuter] (Bulgarian), crim de lesa humanitat [masculine] (Catalan), 危害人類罪 (Chinese Mandarin), 危害人类罪 (wēihài rénlèi zuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 反人類罪 (Chinese Mandarin), 反人类罪 (fǎnrénlèizuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 違反人道罪 (Chinese Mandarin), 违反人道罪 (wéifǎnréndàozuì) (Chinese Mandarin), zločin proti lidskosti [masculine] (Czech), forbrydelse mod menneskeheden [common-gender] (Danish), misdaad tegen de menselijkheid [Netherlands, feminine] (Dutch), misdaad tegen de mensheid [Belgium, feminine] (Dutch), krimo kontraŭ la homeco (Esperanto), inimsusevastane kuritegu (Estonian), rikos ihmisyyttä vastaan (Finnish), crime contre l’humanité [masculine] (French), დანაშაული კაცობრიობის წინააღმდეგ (današauli ḳacobriobis c̣inaaɣmdeg) (Georgian), Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit [neuter] (German), Menschheitsverbrechen [neuter] (German), έγκλημα κατά της ανθρωπότητας (égklima katá tis anthropótitas) [neuter] (Greek), פשע נגד האנושות (pésha néged he-enoshút) [masculine] (Hebrew), मानवता-विरोधी अपराध (mānavtā-virodhī aprādh) (Hindi), emberiesség elleni bűntett (Hungarian), glæpur gegn mannkyni [masculine] (Icelandic), kejahatan kemanusiaan (Indonesian), kejahatan terhadap umat manusia (Indonesian), crimine contro l'umanità [masculine] (Italian), 人道に対する罪 (jindō ni taisuru tsumi) (Japanese), 인도에 반한 죄 (indo'e banhan joe) (Korean), noziegumiem pret cilvēci [masculine, plural] (Latvian), nusikaltimas žmoniškumui (note: use in plural is more common) [masculine] (Lithuanian), jenayah terhadap kemanusiaan (Malay), forbrytelse mot menneskeheten [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), جنایت علیه بشریت (jenâyat 'aleye bašariyyat) (Persian), zbrodnia przeciwko ludzkości [feminine] (Polish), crime contra a humanidade [feminine] (Portuguese), crimă contra umanității [feminine] (Romanian), преступле́ние про́тив челове́чества (prestuplénije prótiv čelovéčestva) [neuter] (Russian), злочин против човечности [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zločin protiv čovečnosti [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zločin proti ľudskosti [masculine] (Slovak), zločin proti človeštvu [masculine] (Slovene), delito de lesa humanidad [masculine] (Spanish), crimen de lesa humanidad [feminine] (Spanish), brott mot mänskligheten [neuter] (Swedish), மானுடத்துக்கு எதிரான குற்றங்கள் (māṉuṭattukku etirāṉa kuṟṟaṅkaḷ) (Tamil), อาชญากรรมต่อมนุษยชาติ (àat-yaa-gam-dtɔ̀ɔ-ma-nút-sa-ya-châat) (Thai), insanlığa karşı suçlar (Turkish), зло́чин про́ти лю́дства (zlóčyn próty ljúdstva) [masculine] (Ukrainian), tội ác chống lại loài người (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-crime_against_humanity-en-noun-9S4cfm9e Disambiguation of Crime: 87 13 Disambiguation of Violence: 78 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people': 82 18
  2. (colloquial, humorous, hyperbolic) Something objectionable. Tags: colloquial, excessive, humorous
    Sense id: en-crime_against_humanity-en-noun-7bN2SzCR Categories (other): English hyperboles

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          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
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          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
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          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "današauli ḳacobriobis c̣inaaɣmdeg",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "word": "დანაშაული კაცობრიობის წინააღმდეგ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Menschheitsverbrechen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "égklima katá tis anthropótitas",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "έγκλημα κατά της ανθρωπότητας"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "pésha néged he-enoshút",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "פשע נגד האנושות"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "mānavtā-virodhī aprādh",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "word": "मानवता-विरोधी अपराध"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "word": "emberiesség elleni bűntett"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "glæpur gegn mannkyni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "word": "kejahatan kemanusiaan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "word": "kejahatan terhadap umat manusia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "crimine contro l'umanità"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jindō ni taisuru tsumi",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "word": "人道に対する罪"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "indo'e banhan joe",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "word": "인도에 반한 죄"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "noziegumiem pret cilvēci"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "note": "use in plural is more common",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nusikaltimas žmoniškumui"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "word": "jenayah terhadap kemanusiaan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "forbrytelse mot menneskeheten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "jenâyat 'aleye bašariyyat",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "word": "جنایت علیه بشریت"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zbrodnia przeciwko ludzkości"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "crime contra a humanidade"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "crimă contra umanității"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prestuplénije prótiv čelovéčestva",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "преступле́ние про́тив челове́чества"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "злочин против човечности"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "zločin protiv čovečnosti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zločin proti ľudskosti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zločin proti človeštvu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "delito de lesa humanidad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "crimen de lesa humanidad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "brott mot mänskligheten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "māṉuṭattukku etirāṉa kuṟṟaṅkaḷ",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "word": "மானுடத்துக்கு எதிரான குற்றங்கள்"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "àat-yaa-gam-dtɔ̀ɔ-ma-nút-sa-ya-châat",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "word": "อาชญากรรมต่อมนุษยชาติ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
          "word": "insanlığa karşı suçlar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zlóčyn próty ljúdstva",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
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          "word": "зло́чин про́ти лю́дства"
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
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}
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      "alt": "jarīma(t) ḍidda l-ʔinsāniyyata",
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      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "roman": "hancʿagorcutʿyun mardkutʿyan handep",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "word": "հանցագործություն մարդկության հանդեպ"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prestǎplénie sreštú čovéčestvoto",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "престъпле́ние срещу́ чове́чеството"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crim de lesa humanitat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "word": "危害人類罪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wēihài rénlèi zuì",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "word": "危害人类罪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "word": "反人類罪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǎnrénlèizuì",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "word": "反人类罪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "word": "違反人道罪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wéifǎnréndàozuì",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "word": "违反人道罪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zločin proti lidskosti"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "forbrydelse mod menneskeheden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "Netherlands",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "misdaad tegen de menselijkheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "Belgium",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "misdaad tegen de mensheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "word": "krimo kontraŭ la homeco"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "word": "inimsusevastane kuritegu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "word": "rikos ihmisyyttä vastaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crime contre l’humanité"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "današauli ḳacobriobis c̣inaaɣmdeg",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "word": "დანაშაული კაცობრიობის წინააღმდეგ"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Menschheitsverbrechen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "égklima katá tis anthropótitas",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "έγκλημα κατά της ανθρωπότητας"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "pésha néged he-enoshút",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פשע נגד האנושות"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mānavtā-virodhī aprādh",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "word": "मानवता-विरोधी अपराध"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "word": "emberiesség elleni bűntett"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glæpur gegn mannkyni"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "word": "kejahatan kemanusiaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "word": "kejahatan terhadap umat manusia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crimine contro l'umanità"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jindō ni taisuru tsumi",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "word": "人道に対する罪"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "indo'e banhan joe",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "word": "인도에 반한 죄"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "noziegumiem pret cilvēci"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "note": "use in plural is more common",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nusikaltimas žmoniškumui"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "word": "jenayah terhadap kemanusiaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "forbrytelse mot menneskeheten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "jenâyat 'aleye bašariyyat",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "word": "جنایت علیه بشریت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zbrodnia przeciwko ludzkości"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crime contra a humanidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crimă contra umanității"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prestuplénije prótiv čelovéčestva",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "преступле́ние про́тив челове́чества"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "злочин против човечности"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zločin protiv čovečnosti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zločin proti ľudskosti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zločin proti človeštvu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delito de lesa humanidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crimen de lesa humanidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "brott mot mänskligheten"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "māṉuṭattukku etirāṉa kuṟṟaṅkaḷ",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "word": "மானுடத்துக்கு எதிரான குற்றங்கள்"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "àat-yaa-gam-dtɔ̀ɔ-ma-nút-sa-ya-châat",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "word": "อาชญากรรมต่อมนุษยชาติ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "word": "insanlığa karşı suçlar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zlóčyn próty ljúdstva",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зло́чин про́ти лю́дства"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people",
      "word": "tội ác chống lại loài người"
    }
  ],
  "word": "crime against humanity"
}

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