uncrime

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noun

Absence of crime; crimelessness.

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Meanings

noununcrime (countable and uncountable, plural uncrimes)

plural uncrimes · alternative un-crime

  1. rareuncountableAbsence of crime; crimelessness.

    “Hey, you're my partner in uncrime. You'd do the same for me.”

    2007, Greg Trine, Terror in Tights
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    Not only Supercrime and Crime, but Pseudo-Uncrime and Pseudo-Subcrime on the one hand, in contrast not only to Subevil and Unevil, but to Pseudo-Evil and Pseudo-Superevil on the other hand, […]

    2022, John O'Loughlin, About-Face, page 153
  2. countablerareThat which is not a crime; a noncriminal act.

    An unperson serving unpunishment for an uncrime.

    2016, Alex Berenson, The Wolves, page 239
    1 more example

    The problem was, how could Harry Lovecraft be linked with these 'un-crimes'?

    2008, Simon Cheshire, The Fangs of the Dragon

Origin

From un- + crime.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

uncrime. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncrime

MLA

“uncrime.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncrime. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncrime,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncrime.

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