supercrime

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noun

A very major crime.

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Meanings

nounsupercrime (plural supercrimes)

plural supercrimes

  1. A very major crime.

    2011, Andrew Altman, Christopher Heath Wellman, A Liberal Theory of International Justice The tendency of international lawyers to focus on supercrimes is reasonably understood as deriving from a desire to construct a non-paternalistic justification for restricting state sovereignty, […]

Origin

From super- + crime.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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