noncrime

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adjective

That is not a crime.

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Meanings

adjectivenoncrime (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThat is not a crime.
nounnoncrime (plural noncrimes)

plural noncrimes

  1. An act that is not a crime.
  2. uncountableNoncriminal activity collectively.

    Either by raising the costs of crime or by raising the benefits of noncrime.

    1974, Edward C. Banfield, The Unheavenly City Revisited

Origin

From non- + crime.

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APA

noncrime. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncrime

MLA

“noncrime.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncrime. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noncrime,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncrime.

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