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uncrime

uncrime noun: absence of crime; crimelessness.

Noun

uncrime (countable and uncountable, plural uncrimes)

  1. (rare, uncountable) Absence of crime; crimelessness.
    • “Hey, you're my partner in uncrime. You'd do the same for me.”2007, Greg Trine, Terror in Tights
    • Not only Supercrime and Crime, but Pseudo-Uncrime and Pseudo-Subcrime on the one hand, in contrast not only to Subevil and Unevil, but to Pseudo-Evil and Pseudo-Superevil on the other hand, […]2022, John O'Loughlin, About-Face, page 153
  2. (countable, rare) That which is not a crime; a noncriminal act.
    • The problem was, how could Harry Lovecraft be linked with these 'un-crimes'?2008, Simon Cheshire, The Fangs of the Dragon
    • An unperson serving unpunishment for an uncrime.2016, Alex Berenson, The Wolves, page 239

Forms of uncrime

pluraluncrimes
alternative formun-crime

Origin of uncrime

From un- + crime.

Questions about uncrime

What does uncrime mean?
Uncrime means absence of crime; crimelessness.
What part of speech is uncrime?
Uncrime is a noun.
What is the plural of uncrime?
The plural of uncrime is uncrimes.

Words near uncrime in the dictionary

  1. uncricked
  2. uncricketlike
  3. uncricking
  4. uncricks
  5. uncried
  6. uncrime
  7. uncrimes
  8. uncriminal
  9. uncriminally
  10. uncrimp
  11. uncrimped

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