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victimless crime vs law-breaking

law-breaking vs victimless crime

victimless crime and law-breaking both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
victimless crime Yes No No No
law-breaking Yes No No No
As nouns, law-breaking is a hypernym of victimless crime; that is, law-breaking is a word with a broader meaning than victimless crime:
  • victimless crime: an act that is legally a crime but that seem to have no victims
  • law-breaking: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
Other hypernyms of victimless crime include crime, criminal offence, criminal offense.
victimless crime (noun) law-breaking (noun)
an act that is legally a crime but that seem to have no victims (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
Difference between victimless crime and law-breaking

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