Meanings
nounperfect crime (plural perfect crimes)
plural perfect crimes
- colloquialcriminologyA crime that is undetected, unattributed to a perpetrator, or otherwise unsolved.
- colloquialcriminologyA crime that is unsolved and seemingly unsolvable.
Translations
Catalan crim perfecte
- crim perfecteundetected crime
Chinese Mandarin 完美犯罪
- 完美犯罪 (wánměi fànzuì)undetected crime
Danish perfekt forbrydelse
- perfekt forbrydelseundetected crime
Polish zbrodnia doskonała
- zbrodnia doskonałaundetected crime
Spanish crimen perfecto
- crimen perfectoundetected crime
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APA
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Chicago
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