English Explanatory Dictionary

decrime

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To remove the criminal status of a reported crime, typically due to insufficient evidence or to artificially reduce crime statistics

Pronunciation

/diˈkɹaɪm/

Word forms

decrime decrimes decriming decrimed

Etymology

From de- + crime.

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