war crime

1. 1.

   a crime committed in wartime; violation of rules of war

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Questions about war crime

What does war crime mean?

war crime means "a crime committed in wartime; violation of rules of war".

Is war crime a common word?

war crime is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.