war crime
noun
: a crime (such as genocide or maltreatment of prisoners) committed during or in connection with war
—usually used in plural
war criminal
noun
Examples of war crime in a Sentence
He was found guilty of torture and other war crimes.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has also imposed a monthlong blockade on food, fuel and humanitarian aid that has left the territory’s roughly 2 million Palestinians facing acute shortages as supplies dwindle — a tactic that rights groups say is a war crime.
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Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has also imposed a monthlong blockade on food, fuel and humanitarian aid that has left the territory’s roughly 2 million Palestinians facing acute shortages — a tactic that rights groups say is a war crime.
—Sam Mednick and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
His prosecution comes as The Gambia prepares its own war crimes tribunal to address human rights violations committed under Jammeh's rule.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
These killings doubled as cover for war crimes and a brutal shrug: what else to do with those cast as human refuse?
—James Wood, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has also imposed a monthlong blockade on food, fuel and humanitarian aid that has left the territory’s roughly 2 million Palestinians facing acute shortages — a tactic that rights groups say is a war crime.
—Sam Mednick and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
His prosecution comes as The Gambia prepares its own war crimes tribunal to address human rights violations committed under Jammeh's rule.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
These killings doubled as cover for war crimes and a brutal shrug: what else to do with those cast as human refuse?
—James Wood, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for war crime
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“War crime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20crime. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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