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sex crime

American  

noun

  1. an illegal sexual act, activity, or behavior.


Etymology

Origin of sex crime

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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“These officers were in my parents’ home,” said the woman, a former police officer who is not being identified because she is a sex crime victim.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Scotland's top law officer has ordered a review of how diversion from prosecution is used in sex crime cases.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2023

The conviction rate of prosecuted sex crime cases, she said, is more than 80 percent.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2023

Meier paints a harsh picture of incompetence within the D.A.’s sex crime unit and the New York City Police Department, but as for Morgenthau, his major mistake, in the author’s telling, was trusting them.

From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2022

Its psychology and its relations to physiology, anthropology, sociology, sex, crime, religion, and education.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra

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