crime against humanity
crime against humanity noun: a very destructive and immoral act; later specifically, something causing widespread human misery or loss of life; an atrocity.
Noun
crime against humanity (plural crimes against humanity)
- A very destructive and immoral act; later specifically, something causing widespread human misery or loss of life; an atrocity.
- The Holocaust was a terrible crime against humanity; it took the lives of 6 million Jews, 2 million Poles, and hundreds of thousands of Gypsies, homosexuals, Russians, and the elderly and disabled.
- Be faithful to your friend that doth entrust you; remembring that perfidiousness or falseness to a friend, is a crime against humanity, and all society.1629, Richard Baxter, Christian Directory, IV.25
- Something objectionable.
- “Pineapple on pizza is a crime against humanity,” Leo's voice is flat. Which is weird, because he usually adds “Fight me” at the end of that declaration.2021 July 13, Sara Fujimura, Faking Reality, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC
crime against humanity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Arabic
crime against humanity in Hindi
- a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people
- मानवता-विरोधी अपराध mānavtā-virodhī aprādh
crime against humanity in Tamil
- a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people
- மானுடத்துக்கு எதிரான குற்றங்கள் māṉuṭattukku etirāṉa kuṟṟaṅkaḷ
crime against humanity in Tagalog
- a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people
- krimen laban sa sangkatauhan
crime against humanity in Arabic
- a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people
- جَرِيمَة ضِدَّ الْإِنْسَانِيَّةَ
More languagesFewer languages
- crime against humanity in Malay
- jenayah terhadap kemanusiaan
- crime against humanity in Indonesian
- kejahatan kemanusiaan, kejahatan terhadap umat manusia
- crime against humanity in Persian
- جنایت علیه بشریت jenâyat 'aleye bašariyyat
- crime against humanity in Thai
- อาชญากรรมต่อมนุษยชาติ àat-yaa-gam-dtɔ̀ɔ-ma-nút-sa-ya-châat
- crime against humanity in Vietnamese
- tội ác chống lại loài người
Forms of crime against humanity
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Questions about crime against humanity
- What does crime against humanity mean?
- Crime against humanity means a very destructive and immoral act; later specifically, something causing widespread human misery or loss of life; an atrocity.
- What is crime against humanity in Hindi?
- Crime against humanity in Hindi is मानवता-विरोधी अपराध (mānavtā-virodhī aprādh). See Crime against humanity meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is crime against humanity?
- Crime against humanity is a noun.
- What is the plural of crime against humanity?
- The plural of crime against humanity is crimes against humanity.
Words near crime against humanity in the dictionary
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