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war crimes

war crimes is the plural of war crime.

Meaning of war crime

Noun

war crime (plural war crimes)

  1. (criminal law, international law) A punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war by any person or persons, military or civilian.
    • [W]ar crimes are such hostile or other acts of soldiers or other individuals as may be punished by the enemy on capture of the offenders. […] [A]lthough among the acts called war crimes are many which, such as abuse of a flag of truce or assassination of enemy soldiers for instance, are crimes in...1906, L[assa Francis Lawrence] Oppenheim, “Means of Securing Legitimate Warfare”, in International Law: A Treatise, volumes II (War and Neutrality), London; New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green, and Co....

Questions about war crimes

What is war crimes the plural of?
War crimes is the plural of war crime.

Words near war crimes in the dictionary

  1. war communism
  2. war correspondent
  3. war correspondents
  4. war cries
  5. war crime
  6. war crimes
  7. war criminal
  8. war criminals
  9. war cry
  10. war daddies
  11. war daddy

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