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precrime

[ pree-krahym ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to law-enforcement efforts and strategies to deter crime by predicting when and where criminal activity will occur.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of precrime1

Coined in 1956 by Philip K. Dick in his science-fiction short story “The Minority Report”; pre- + crime

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