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crimes passionnels

crimes passionnels is the plural of crime passionnel.

Meaning of crime passionnel

Noun

crime passionnel (plural crimes passionnels)

  1. A crime of passion, especially a murder committed from motives of jealousy.
    • If, as she hinted, Dr Serrou had spent the night with Bachelet, the inexplicable brainstorm might have stemmed from a crime passionel.2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 50

Questions about crimes passionnels

What is crimes passionnels the plural of?
Crimes passionnels is the plural of crime passionnel.

Words near crimes passionnels in the dictionary

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

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