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crimes of passion

crimes of passion is the plural of crime of passion.

Meaning of crime of passion

Noun

crime of passion (plural crimes of passion)

  1. A crime, typically a violent crime such as assault or murder, committed against a loved one because of sudden jealous rage or heartbreak rather than as a premeditated act.
    • There was this boy I sent to the electric chair at Huntsville here a while back. My arrest and my testimony. He killed a fourteen-year-old girl. Papers said it was a crime of passion but he told me there wasn't any passion to it. Told me that he'd been planning to kill somebody for about as long as...2007, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men (motion picture), spoken by Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones)

Questions about crimes of passion

What is crimes of passion the plural of?
Crimes of passion is the plural of crime of passion.

Words near crimes of passion in the dictionary

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

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