political crime
noun
a crime considered by a government or state to be committed against it or its interests, or to have been committed with the intent of destabilizing or threatening it or its interests.
political crimes
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pluralof political crime.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"There is no article in our criminal code for political crimes," he replies.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2023
Truth commissions are independent or government groups that investigate political crimes and human rights violations.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2022
The committee, in charge of reviewing cases of prisoners held for political crimes, was created in 2016 and had been mostly ineffective in recent years.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2022
More than a million prisoners traveled the road, both ordinary convicts and people convicted of political crimes.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2020
Citizens convicted of political crimes no longer constitute the bulk of the prison population, as they did during the early post-World War II period.
From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Violeta D. Baluyut
