sex crime
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6.6
- noun
- /sɛks kraɪm/
- NSFW
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delito sexual
- Their range of crimes includes murder and robbery as well as drug possession and sex crimes.
She's prosecuted child abuse and sex crime cases for years.
- She's prosecuted child abuse and sex crime cases for years.
- As you know, my dad is in jail for child sex crimes.
- As you know, my dad is in gaol for child sex crimes.
- She is responsible for helping cover up sex crimes.
- They actually do reoffend, but they don't reoffend for sex crimes.
- OK, yeah, that's the the special sex crimes unit.
- We were watching guys who literally were in their own personal lives allegedly committing sex crimes.
- When I mean, for me, when I hear like Catholic Church and I see all those Catholic men, I just think sex crimes.
- And he'd been sort of like kind of hiding out because he by this point was, had been accused of sex crimes in Sweden.
- Collectively we look at the church and there have been hundreds of Roman Catholic priests admitting to thousands of sex crimes.
- You know, there's there's like sex crimes and gay shit and genocide and stuff going on in there.
Examples
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Assistant D.A. in charge of sex crimes.
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Heterosexual males commit most of the sex crimes against children.
Blog text (34) -
Have you ever committed a sex crime?
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Sheriff, this type of sex crime has certain aspects.
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At that time, no one talked about sex crimes or child sex crimes.
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I personally know people on the list who are not even accused of a sex crime.
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I have dealt with my share of parents of murdered children and victims of sex crimes.
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Robert D. Lindsey, 81, has been incarcerated since 1998 for child sex crimes and moved to the Lone Peak unit.
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Prosecutors in Mohave County, Ariz., also have charged Jells and eight male disciples with similar sex crimes against children.
Academic text (2007) -
The detective specialized in investigating sex crimes against vulnerable individuals.
Synonyms
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4.1
A crime of forcing someone to have sex against their will
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5.7
Unwanted sexual contact or activity often involving force
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5.7
Force or trick someone into sex they do not want
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9.1
Unwanted sexual touching or actions toward another person, often a child
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8.5
Sex with a person younger than the age the law allows, even if both agree
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6.6
Making someone have sex when they do not agree
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7.7
A crime in which someone forces another person to have sex against their will
How Serious
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a crime involving a sexual act' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'sex' (sexual activity) with 'crime' (an unlawful act). This compositional pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's basic meaning, even if they may not know specific legal nuances.
Etymology
Sex crime comes from law and joins sex (sexual acts) and crime (an illegal act). So, it is a simple name for a sexual act that is illegal because it is done 'without consent' or by force.