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Victimless crime Moderate

Victimless crime has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an act that is legally a crime but that seem to have no victims

"he considers prostitution to be a victimless crime"

2

An act that is prohibited by law, yet which neither directly harms nor violates the rights of any specific person, although some people may claim it harms society as a whole.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
crime
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