crime passionnel

British  

/ krim pɑsjɔnɛl /

noun

1. Also called: crime of passion.  a crime committed from passion, esp sexual passion

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Etymology

Origin of crime passionnel

from French

Example Sentences

And in Scenario C, I wouldn't remember anything and I probably wouldn't even have to go to prison because it would have been what the French call a crime passionnel.

From The Guardian

The reputation of Loftus, which left rather a little to be desired; the coupling of his name with that of Annandale's wife; the report that for his sake the latter had been preparing to leave her husband; the further report that for the convenience of both Marie Leroy had been shipped abroad; these things reduced the case in the minds of the indulgent to what the French call a crime passionnel, and which, as such, is psychologically and even legally defensible.

From Project Gutenberg