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crime against humanity en · NOUN

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Meanings

1. A very destructive and immoral act; later specifically, something causing widespread human misery or loss of life; an atrocity.
   • A Spanish judge has charged five suspected former leaders of the armed Basque separatist movement ETA with crimes against humanity for attacks carried out by the group after 2004 which killed 12 people. 2015 October 27, The Guardian:
   • The Holocaust was a terrible crime against humanity; it took the lives of 6 million Jews, 2 million Poles, and hundreds of thousands of Gypsies, homosexuals, Russians, and the elderly and disabled.
   • Courage remained a virtue. And that exploitation of courage, if I may be allowed to say a thing so obvious, was the essential tragedy of the War, which, as everyone now agrees, was a crime against humanity. 1929, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man:
   • Be faithful to your friend that doth entrust you; remembring that perfidiousness or falseness to a friend, is a crime against humanity, and all society. 1629, Richard Baxter, Christian Directory, IV.25:
2. (colloquial, excessive, humorous) Something objectionable.
   • “Pineapple on pizza is a crime against humanity,” Leo's voice is flat. Which is weird, because he usually adds “Fight me” at the end of that declaration. 2021 July 13, Sara Fujimura, Faking Reality, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC:

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Relateds

genocide · war crime

Translations (53)

fa جنایت علیه بشریت (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · da forbrydelse mod menneskeheden (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · cmn 違反人道罪 /违反人道罪 (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · rsk злодїйство процив чловечносци (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · ga coir in aghaidh na daonnachta (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · sl zločin proti človeštvu (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · ru преступле́ние про́тив челове́чества (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · eo krimo kontraŭ la homeco (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · cmn 反人類罪 /反人类罪 (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · hu emberiesség elleni bűntett (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · pt crime contra a humanidade (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · ko 인도에 반한 죄 (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · pl zbrodnia przeciwko ludzkości (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · de Menschheitsverbrechen (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · nl misdaad tegen de menselijkheid (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · id kejahatan terhadap umat manusia (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · es delito de lesa humanidad (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · cs zločin proti lidskosti (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · uk зло́чин про́ти лю́дства (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · sk zločin proti ľudskosti (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · ta மானுடத்துக்கு எதிரான குற்றங்கள் (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · hi मानवता-विरोधी अपराध (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · lv noziegumiem pret cilvēci (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · he פשע נגד האנושות (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · de Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · tr insanlığa karşı suçlar (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · hy հանցագործություն մարդկության հանդեպ (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · et inimsusevastane kuritegu (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · ms jenayah terhadap kemanusiaan (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · ca crim de lesa humanitat (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · tl krimen laban sa sangkatauhan (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · fr crime contre l'humanité (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · bg престъпле́ние срещу́ чове́чеството (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · th อาชญากรรมต่อมนุษยชาติ (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · sh злочин против човечности (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · es crimen de lesa humanidad (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · lt nusikaltimas žmoniškumui (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · is glæpur gegn mannkyni (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · fi rikos ihmisyyttä vastaan (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · hsb złóstnistwo přećiwo čłowjeskosći (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · it crimine contro l'umanità (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · vi tội ác chống lại loài người (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · el έγκλημα κατά της ανθρωπότητας (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · ro crimă contra umanității (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · sh zločin protiv čovečnosti (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · cmn 危害人類罪 /危害人类罪 (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · nb forbrytelse mot menneskeheten (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · id kejahatan kemanusiaan (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · ja 人道に対する罪 (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · nl misdaad tegen de mensheid (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · sv brott mot mänskligheten (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · ar جَرِيمَة ضِدَّ الْإِنْسَانِيَّةَ (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people) · ka დანაშაული კაცობრიობის წინააღმდეგ (a large-scale persecution of, or atrocity against, a body of people)