war criminal

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   an offender who violates international law during times of war

   Broaderwrongdoer

Questions about war criminal

What does war criminal mean?

war criminal means "an offender who violates international law during times of war".

Is war criminal a common word?

war criminal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.