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/ˈwɔː kɹaɪm/
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A punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war by any person or persons, military or civilian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: criminal law; international law; criminal law; international law
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a crime committed in wartime; violation of rules of war
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: crime, offense, criminal offense, criminal offence, offence, law-breaking
Across languages
Translations 97 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans :
oorlogmisdaad
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Albanian :
krim lufte
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Arabic :
جَرِيمَةْ حَرْب
(jarīmat ḥarb)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Armenian :
ռազմական հանցագործություն
(ṙazmakan hancʻagorcutʻyun)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Asturian :
crime de guerra
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Azerbaijani :
hərbi cinayət
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Azerbaijani :
müharibə cinayəti
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Bashkir :
һуғыш енәйәте
(huğış yenəyəte)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Basque :
gerra crimen
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Belarusian :
вае́ннае злачы́нства
(vajénnaje zlačýnstva)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Bengali :
যুদ্ধাপরাধ
(juddhaporadh)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Bulgarian :
вое́нно престъпле́ние
(voénno prestǎplénie)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Burmese :
စစ်ရာဇဝတ်မှု
(cacraja.wathmu.)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Burmese :
စစ်ပြစ်မှု
(cacprachmu.)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Catalan :
crim de guerra
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Chinese Cantonese :
戰爭罪 /战争罪
(zin3 zang1 zeoi6)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Chinese Mandarin :
戰爭罪 /战争罪
(zhànzhēngzuì)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Czech :
válečný zločin
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Danish :
krigsforbrydelse
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Dutch :
oorlogsmisdaad
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Dutch :
oorlogsmisdrijf
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Esperanto :
militkrimo
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Estonian :
sõjakuritegu
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Finnish :
sotarikos
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
French :
crime de guerre
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
West-Frisian :
oarlochsmisdie
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Galician :
crime de guerra
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Georgian :
სამხედრო დანაშაული
(samxedro današauli)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Georgian :
საომარი დანაშაული
(saomari današauli)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Georgian :
ომის დანაშაული
(omis današauli)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
German :
Kriegsverbrechen
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
German :
Chriegsverbräche
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Greek :
έγκλημα πολέμου
(égklima polémou)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Hausa :
laifin yaƙi
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Hebrew :
פֶּשַׁע מִלְחָמָה
(pésha' milkhamá)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Hindi :
युद्ध अपराध
(yuddh aprādh)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Hungarian :
háborús bűn
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Hungarian :
háborús bűncselekmény
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Icelandic :
stríðsglæpur
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Icelandic :
kejahatan perang
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Indonesian :
kejahatan perang
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Irish :
coir chogaidh
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Italian :
crimine di guerra
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Japanese :
戦争犯罪
(sensō hanzai)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Kazakh :
әскери қылмыс
(äskeri qylmys)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Khmer :
ឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្មសង្គ្រាម
(ʼokkrətkam sɑɑsɑngkriəm)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Korean :
전쟁 범죄
(jeonjaeng beomjoe)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Central Kurdish :
تاوانی جەنگی
(tawanî cengî)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Northern Kurdish :
tawana şerî
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Kyrgyz :
согуш кылмышы
(soguş kılmışı)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Lao :
ອາຊະຍາກໍາສົງຄາມ
(ʼā sa nyā kam song khām)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Latin :
scelus bellicum
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Latvian :
kara noziegums
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Lithuanian :
karo nusikaltimas
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Macedonian :
во́ено зло́сторство
(vóeno zlóstorstvo)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Malay :
jenayah perang
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Malayalam :
യുദ്ധക്കുറ്റം
(yuddhakkuṟṟaṁ)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Maltese :
kriminalità tal-gwerra
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Mongolian :
дайны гэмт хэрэг
(dajny gemt xereg)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Norwegian Bokmål :
krigsforbrytelse
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Norwegian Nynorsk :
krigsbrotsverk
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Norwegian Nynorsk :
krigsbrottsverk
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Occitan :
crime de guèrra
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Pannonian Rusyn :
войнове злодїйство
(vojnove zlodjijstvo)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Pashto :
جنګي جنايت
(jangí jenāyát)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Iranian Persian :
جِنایَتِ جَنْگی
(jenâyat-e jangi)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Iranian Persian :
جِنایَتِ حَرْبی
(jenâyat-e harbi)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Polish :
zbrodnia wojenna
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Portuguese :
crime de guerra
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Romanian :
crimă de război
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Russian :
вое́нное преступле́ние
(vojénnoje prestuplénije)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Serbo-Croatian :
ратни злочин
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Serbo-Croatian :
ratni zločin
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Slovak :
vojnový zločin
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Slovene :
vojni zločin
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Spanish :
crimen de guerra
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Spanish :
delito de guerra
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Swahili :
uhalifu wa kivita
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Swedish :
krigsförbrytelse
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Swedish :
krigsbrott
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Tajik :
ҷинояти ҷангӣ
(jinoyat-i jangi)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Tajik :
ҷинояти ҳарбӣ
(jinoyat-i harbi)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Tamil :
போர் குற்றம்
(pōr kuṟṟam)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Tatar :
сугыш җинаяте
(suğış cinayäte)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Thai :
อาชญากรรมสงคราม
(àat-yaa-gam-sǒng-kraam)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Tibetan :
དམག་འཁྲུག་གི་ནག་ཉེས
(dmag 'khrug gi nag nyes)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Turkish :
savaş suçu
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Turkmen :
uruş jenaýaty
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Ukrainian :
воє́нний зло́чин
(vojénnyj zlóčyn)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Ukrainian :
зло́чин війни́
(zlóčyn vijný)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Urdu :
جَن٘گی جُرْم
(jaṅgī jurm)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Uyghur :
ئۇرۇش جىنايىتى
(urush jinayiti)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Uzbek :
harbiy jinoyat
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Uzbek :
urush jinoyati
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Vietnamese :
tội ác chiến tranh
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Welsh :
trosedd rhyfel
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
Yiddish :
מלחמה־פֿאַרברעכן
(milkhome-farbrekhn)
— punishable offence under international law for violations of the laws of war
