victimless
adjective /ˈvɪk.tɪm.ləs/Definition
› In a victimless crime no one suffers directly, sometimes because the people affected by the crime have agreed to take part in it: Stock market fraud is sometimes regarded as a victimless crime.Crime - general words
(Definition of victimless adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- caper noun (ACTIVITY)
- carrying-on noun
- complicity noun
- copycat adjective
- count noun (CRIME)
- crime noun
- crime of passion noun
- drink-driving noun
- illegality noun
- loitering noun
- misdeed noun
- misdemeanor noun
- netherworld noun
- offence noun (CRIME)
- offense noun
- speed verb
- vice noun (FAULT)
- war crime noun
- wrongdoing noun
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