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victimless

victimless adjective: without a victim.

Adjective

victimless (not comparable)

  1. (crime) Without a victim.
    • He said that prostitution, drug trafficking, and gambling were victimless crimes.
    • They have got fairly liberal laws on victimless crimes, but the Los Angeles police are still busy entrapping homosexualists because the police chief in Los Angeles is very antifag.1983, Michael Denneny, Charles Ortleb, Thomas Steele, The Christopher Street reader, page 297

Origin of victimless

From victim + -less.

Words formed from victimless

Phrases with victimless

Questions about victimless

What does victimless mean?
Victimless means without a victim.
What part of speech is victimless?
Victimless is an adjective.

Words near victimless in the dictionary

  1. victimized
  2. victimizer
  3. victimizers
  4. victimizes
  5. victimizing
  6. victimless
  7. victimless crime
  8. victimless crimes
  9. victimlessness
  10. victimlike
  11. victimness

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