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no-criming

no-criming is the present participle and gerund of no-crime.

Meaning of no-crime

Verb

no-crime (third-person singular simple present no-crimes, present participle no-criming, simple past and past participle no-crimed)

  1. (UK) 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an alleged crime, especially a sexual assault or rape, should not be prosecuted as a crime (e.g. because the victim has withdrawn their complaint).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
    Synonyms:
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Questions about no-criming

What is no-criming the present participle and gerund of?
No-criming is the present participle and gerund of no-crime.

Words near no-criming in the dictionary

  1. no-contest clauses
  2. no-count
  3. no-crime
  4. no-crimed
  5. no-crimes
  6. no-criming
  7. no-cut
  8. no-deal
  9. no-doc
  10. no-docs
  11. no-doubt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: no-criming (page history and authors); no-crime (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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