crime against humanity
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- noun
- /kraɪm əˈɡɛnst hjuːˈmænɪti/
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crimen de lesa humanidad
- Even a charge of crimes against humanity would not be enough.
- crimes against humanity and war
- crimes against humanity and genocide
- rape as a crime against humanity
They found Israel guilty of war crimes and possible crimes against humanity.
- They found Israel guilty of war crimes and possible crimes against humanity.
- As such, these widespread and systematic attacks on civilians could constitute crimes against humanity.
- And the thing that gives me hope is that no matter what conflict the world has seen, and we've seen some devastating, horrible crimes against humanity already.
- Well, that's, that's a crime against humanity.
- It was a crime and not any kind of crime, a crime against humanity.
- Just let's not play games with terminology, just bad crimes against humanity.
- Logan Paul's white paper was a crime against humanity.
- Who do you blame for all this, all these crimes, all these crimes against humanity that has been like happening right now?
- And I don't know what they're fighting for other than basic war crimes and crimes against humanity.
- But but the focus should be on addressing what the issues were, the crime against humanity.
- They were March and they will hold the signs to, you know, to against this crime against humanity.
- If, if, if it's triggered by one of those genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, or ethnic cleansing.
Examples
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The charge of crime against humanity is now a fixture of international law.
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Trials began of those accused of crimes against humanity.
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Who should go on trial for these crimes against humanity?
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By ignoring what is going on there, the world community is encouraging this crime against humanity.
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In the course of this aggression, war crimes and crimes against humanity were carried out on a significant scale.
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I will never forgive those who committed these crimes against humanity, directly or indirectly.
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By the way, Putin has been indicted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity and war crimes.
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The category "crime against humanity" was created to deal with this unprecedented intrastate viciousness.
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The renegade militias are supposed to be isolated, disarmed, arrested, and ultimately charged with crimes against humanity.
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Human Rights Watch reports that the attacks may amount to crimes against humanity.
Synonyms
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An act that breaks the law and can be punished
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An action that breaks the law and can result in punishment such as jail or fines
How Serious
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built from 'crime' + 'against' + 'humanity', so a learner who knows those words will understand it as an offense directed at people or humanity. The construction is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish/French equivalents), so the core meaning is transparent, although the precise legal nuance of 'widespread or systematic' is specialized vocabulary beyond basic inference.
Etymology
Crime against humanity creates a simple image: crime is a very bad act and humanity means 'all people', so imagine an act that attacks many people at once. That's why the phrase means 'a crime that affects whole groups of people'.