no-crime
no-crime verb: to determine that an alleged crime, especially a sexual assault or rape, should not be prosecuted as a crime (e.g. because the victim has withdrawn their complaint).
Verb
no-crime (third-person singular simple present no-crimes, present participle no-criming, simple past and past participle no-crimed)
- To determine that an alleged crime, especially a sexual assault or rape, should not be prosecuted as a crime (e.g. because the victim has withdrawn their complaint).
- Nevertheless, if the recommendations of the Working Party had been strictly observed, no reported cases in 1986 should have been 'no-crimed' on the basis of the victim withdrawing her complaint.1989, Lorna J. F. Smith, Great Britain. Home Office. Research and Planning Unit, Concerns about rape, HMSO Books
- Gregory and Lees (1999) suggest that, in contrast, the high rates of 'no criming' for rape and sexual assault demonstrate the low priority attached by the police to these offences.2004, J. Jordan, The Word of a Woman?: Police, Rape and Belief, Springer, →ISBN, page 63
- Synonyms:
- unfound
Examples of no-crime in a sentence
- According to these figures, in Lincolnshire, for example, 26% of all reported rapes were no-crimed in 2012–13 and 20% were no-crimed in 2011–12.2014, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: International Development Committee, Caught Red Handed: Why We can't Count on Police...
- Of cases reported, half to two-thirds are “no-crimed” or, in US parlance, “unfounded” or determined to be “baseless” by the police (Brown, 2010; Kelly et al., 2010).2014, Karen Rich, Interviewing Rape Victims: Practice and Policy Issues in an International Context, Springer, →ISBN:
Synonyms of no-crime
Forms of no-crime
| third-person singular present | no-crimes |
|---|---|
| present participle | no-criming |
| past participle | no-crimed |
| past | no-crimed |
| alternative form | no crime |
Questions about no-crime
- What does no-crime mean?
- No-crime means to determine that an alleged crime, especially a sexual assault or rape, should not be prosecuted as a crime (e.g. because the victim has withdrawn their complaint).
- How do you use no-crime in a sentence?
- According to these figures, in Lincolnshire, for example, 26% of all reported rapes were no-crimed in 2012–13 and 20% were no-crimed in 2011–12.
- What part of speech is no-crime?
- No-crime is a verb.
- What is the past tense of no-crime?
- The past tense of no-crime is no-crimed.
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