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crimes against humanity

crimes against humanity is the plural of crime against humanity.

Meaning of crime against humanity

Noun

crime against humanity (plural crimes against humanity)

  1. 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.
  2. (colloquial, excessive, humorous) 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

Questions about crimes against humanity

What is crimes against humanity the plural of?
Crimes against humanity is the plural of crime against humanity.

Words near crimes against humanity in the dictionary

  1. crimeproofed
  2. crimeproofing
  3. crimeproofs
  4. crimeridden
  5. crimes
  6. crimes against humanity
  7. crimes against nature
  8. crimes of passion
  9. crimes passionnels
  10. crimescape
  11. crimescapes

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