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uncrime en · NOUN

Etymology

From un- + crime.

Meanings

1. (rare, uncountable) Absence of crime; crimelessness.
   • 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:
   • “Hey, you're my partner in uncrime. You'd do the same for me.” 2007, Greg Trine, Terror in Tights:
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:

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