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supercrime

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A very major crime.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2011, Andrew Altman, Christopher Heath Wellman, A Liberal Theory of International Justice The tendency of international lawyers to focus on supercrimes is reasonably understood as deriving from a desire to construct a non-paternalistic justification for restricting state sovereignty, [...]

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History

Etymology

From super- + crime.