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war criminal

  • a word derived from war crime.
    war crime
    noun
    Usually war crimes crimes committed against an enemy, prisoners of war, or subjects in wartime that violate international agreements or, as in the case of genocide, are offenses against humanity.

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Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladić has died in a UN prison at The Hague aged 84.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

“He’s a war criminal who has been charged by the International Criminal Court,” Mr. Mamdani told the New York Times.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

"He's a war criminal who has been charged by the International Criminal Court."

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

The Swiss Federal Intelligence Service has said it will finally open long-sealed files on the notorious Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele, but without saying when.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

But if we could catch this rascally war criminal, Crockett ... however, I fear he has escaped us.

From Remember the Alamo! by T. R. Fehrenbach

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