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anticrime

anticrime adjective: opposed to or aimed at preventing or punishing crime.

Adjective

anticrime (not comparable)

  1. Opposed to or aimed at preventing or punishing crime
    • an anticrime program

Forms of anticrime

alternative formanti-crime

Origin of anticrime

From anti- + crime.

Questions about anticrime

What does anticrime mean?
Anticrime means opposed to or aimed at preventing or punishing crime.
What part of speech is anticrime?
Anticrime is an adjective.

Words near anticrime in the dictionary

  1. anticreeper
  2. anticreepers
  3. anticreole
  4. anticrepuscular ray
  5. anticrepuscular rays
  6. anticrime
  7. anticriminal
  8. anticrisis
  9. anticritic
  10. anticritical
  11. anticriticism

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